It is no secret that enterprise search is hard. It was one of the primary conclusions of IntraTeam Event 2018 a few weeks ago, too. I was honoured to do a half-day workshop with packed room, and deep, … [Read more...] about Search Engines don’t Understand People
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Optimizing your Content for Search and Discovery
Information Architecture (IA) is a commonly used term for the art and science of organizing and labeling content (documents, web sites, blog posts, emails, etc.) to support findability and … [Read more...] about Optimizing your Content for Search and Discovery
“YOUR Search Success” Coaching Program
During most of my career, I’ve been working as a consultant. My 10+ years experience is that being responsible for Search is a huge challenge in every organization. First and foremost, because Search … [Read more...] about “YOUR Search Success” Coaching Program
Search Quality Management – Part II: Metrics
In the first part of this series, I introduced why Search is like gardening. Now that we’ve covered the basics let’s see how to measure the success of any Enterprise Search implementation. The … [Read more...] about Search Quality Management – Part II: Metrics
Search Quality Management – Part I: Governing Your Search Garden
While planning and implementing Search, keep in mind that it should be governed and managed, even long after implementation is complete. We usually say that Search itself never can be “done.” Consider … [Read more...] about Search Quality Management – Part I: Governing Your Search Garden
Creating Search Based Applications
A couple of months ago, I wrote a post on the "Big Picture" of Search. This post describes how the logical concept of SharePoint 2013 looks like, how the components interact with each other and what … [Read more...] about Creating Search Based Applications
