Search
feature has improved a lot in
SharePoint 2013. With people exploring tones of information daily, it
is critical to have a very fast search system. In previous version of
SharePoint, users struggled to find the desired information. To
overcome this issue some organizations even purchased Fast
Search application but this required
significant cost. Now you don't need to buy the expensive custom
search applications because Microsoft has improved search feature in
SharePoint 2013.
Preview of
document: You can now see the preview
of your document by just putting the mouse over a search result
without opening the document. User can also scroll the entire
document in preview pane only. While in previous version of
SharePoint, to see the preview third party add-ons are required.
Users can also see how many times their document has been viewed. The
drawback is that only MS Office documents can be previewed. Still it
is an amazing feature for search users.
Improved
refinements: Refiner is like a filter
that helps user in filtering the result by certain criteria. Although
this feature is available in previous versions also but in SharePoint
2013 it is vastly improved. Microsoft has improved its usability by
providing a visual interface on the top of it. For example you can
set the criteria for date range using a slider instead of selecting
static option like “10-20 days”.
Searching focused
on user: In SharePoint 2013 you can set
your own search preferences. SharePoint also provides you search
suggestion based on your behavior, favorite and previous search. User
can also see system generated search suggestions or choose to see
their searched query result. When you searched for a query Search
preference option also show you the previous document that you had
searched for. You can also delete your history and set the language
in which you want to see the result.
Improved search
result: Search result in SharePoint
2013 has improved drastically. New ranking models are introduced in
SharePoint 2013 which are used to determine which items in what
orders has displayed in search result. It also determines how
frequently an item appears in search result, which items are most
frequently searched in SharePoint. The main motive is to improve the
overall relevancy of search result.
Search
availability: This feature is added to
provide you with continuous availability of information. It will
also show any newly added item or document in search query as soon as
it is added in SharePoint.
Build in search
options: All the Fast search options
are build in SharePoint 2013 or you can say it has best of both
world’s i.e. SharePoint 2010 and FAST search. It improves the user
experience by providing faster search result.
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