Managing Search Scopes

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A search scope defines subsets of the portal data that can be searched by the user . The search scope usually appears as a dropdown list next to the search field on the home page and on the advanced search page. For instance, for your enterprise portal you might want to have search scopes such as "this site only," "competitor web sites," "news items," and "all portal content."

Search scopes can be limited by content sources, areas, and topics (Figure 13.18). For instance, the search scope "competitor web sites" would map to the content sources that crawl the web sites of your top 10 competitors . Similarly, "news items" might be mapped to the News area, which in turn consists of press releases, product announcements, and the corporate calendar.

Figure 13.18. Manage Search Scopes Page

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Keep search scopes to a manageable number, as too many choices may confuse your users more than help them. If you feel the need to provide a large number of search scopes, you should confine them to the advanced search page rather than include them in the help option of your home page. The advanced search page provides more space to explain how these options work, and users who go to the advanced search page expect to see more options than the simple search on the portal home page.

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Building Portals, Intranets, and Corporate Web Sites Using Microsoft Servers
Building Portals, Intranets, and Corporate Web Sites Using Microsoft Servers
ISBN: 0321159632
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 164

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