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THE problemproblemTHE problemproblem

‘So much information so little time ’So much information, so little time.

THE solutionsolutionTHE solutionsolution

• Good Information• Good Information Architecture• Good Information Architecture

• Outstanding Search

THE SEARCH ‐ fundamentalsfundamentalsTHE SEARCH  fundamentalsfundamentals

The Funnelback UserFunnelback’s view of your information.

CollectionsThe unit of Funnelback Search Indices.

THE SEARCH – what iswhat is FunnelbackFunnelback??THE SEARCH  what is what is FunnelbackFunnelback??

• Funnelback is an indexing tool similar to Google and BingGoogle and Bing

• Uses the Funnelback User + Sitemap XML

THE SEARCH ‐ featuresfeaturesTHE SEARCH  featuresfeatures

• Politeness Time Delay between RequestsTime Delay between Requests

• Indexing of Binary ContentI d i HTML C t• Indexing HTML Comments

• Content Exclusion• Spelling Suggestions

THE SEARCH – collectionscollectionsTHE SEARCH  collectionscollections

• Collections Are the object upon which searches are run. An Index can have

multiple Collections.

• Collection Attributes1. Root Node / URL

2. Thesaurus3. Feature Pagesg

4. Contextual Navigation5. Metadata Mapping

THE SEARCH – collection attributescollection attributesTHE SEARCH  collection attributescollection attributes

Thesaurus• Allows for Search Term / Query Augmentation

• Term by Term Match• Whole Query MatchWhole Query Match• Regular Expression

Feature Pagesg• Force Feature Results based on Trigger Words

THE SEARCH – collection attributescollection attributesTHE SEARCH  collection attributescollection attributes

Global rules for Contextual Navigation associated with the selected Collectionassociated with the selected Collection

1. Cannot End With2. Case Sensitive

3. Categorise Clusters4. Kill List

5. Max Phases6. Summary Fields7. Timeout Seconds

THE SEARCH – collection attributescollection attributesTHE SEARCH  collection attributescollection attributes

Metadata MappingA i i P i t d M t d t Fi ld V l t M t d t Cl iAssigning Printed Metadata Field Values to a Metadata Class in

Funnelback for Scoped Searching

THE SEARCH – content exclusioncontent exclusionTHE SEARCH  content exclusioncontent exclusion

Y HTML t t l d t tYou can use HTML tags to exclude content from indexing

<!--beginnoindex--><!--endnoindex-->

THE SEARCH – the search pagethe search pageTHE SEARCH  the search pagethe search page

1. Set the Search Type 1. Integrated or Remote

2. Set the Collection to be Searched

3. Result Sort Order1. %search_sort% -

Initial Layout Format

4. Scoping Options1. %search_scope% -

i l L t F tial Layout Format

5. Standard Search Page Options

THE SEARCH – the search pagethe search pageTHE SEARCH  the search pagethe search page

1. Featured Results F tFormat– Feature Results Set

on Collections

2. Default Format3 Result Listing Format3. Result Listing Format

– (Similar to MySource Matrix)

THE SEARCH – the search pagethe search pageTHE SEARCH  the search pagethe search page

1. Item Format– The format

of the Cluster itself

2. Navigation FormatTh S h T– The Search Term or Query Used

3. Layout Format3. Layout Format– The Cluster Grouping

Format and Cluster List

THE SEARCH – the search pagethe search pageTHE SEARCH  the search pagethe search page

1. Spelling Format– The spelling suggestionsThe spelling suggestions

generated by Funnelback

2. Initial Search Page Results

3. Results Page Layoutg y4. No Results Page

THE SEARCH – search operatorssearch operatorsTHE SEARCH  search operatorssearch operators

1 “term1 term”1. term1 term– phrase searching

2. [term1 term2]– dysjunction (implied OR operator)

3. term1 !term2– negation (term1 found and term2 NOT found (partial results allowed))

4. term1 -term2 – mandatory exclusion (term1 found and term2 MUST NOT be found (partial results not allowed))

5. term1 +term2– mandatory inclusionmandatory inclusion

6. ‘term1 term2’– proximaty operator (term1 and term2 must be found within 15 words of one another)

7. term* *term*– truncation similar to wild card allowing for word and word in word stemming

8 l8. class:query– metadata class searching syntax (search operators can be used in the query portion)

9. d<ddmmmyyyy– data published or created is less than specified date (ddmmmyyyy) d is a predefined metadata

class you need to set that up in printed

THE SEARCH – RIP matrix search?RIP matrix search?THE SEARCH  RIP matrix search?RIP matrix search?

1. Matrix Search can be used as a dynamic1. Matrix Search can be used as a dynamic listing engine is often used in conjunction with private metadata aka user defined fieldsfields.

2. Matrix Search can ‘see’ information that Funnelback cannot

3. Matrix Search doesn’t handle– Phrase Searching– Word Proximity, or any Search Syntax!

4. Funnelback Contextual Navigation is a search value addsearch value add

THE SEARCH – thank you?thank you?THE SEARCH  thank you?thank you?

Questions?Questions?