Options to improve search quality

There are three options to improve search quality and overall search experience:

• Change the default search behavior so that all keywords are present in every returned document.

• Apply a boost factor for the document in cases when the keywords appear in certain 'fields' (metadata) within the document.

• Search documents by date and date ranges.

Note

None of the options provided require to re-build or re-crawl the search collection(s).

• Changing the default query operator from 'OR' to 'AND'
  Know how to change the default query operator to 'AND'.
• Applying boost factors to specific fields (metadata)
  This topic provides more information on how metadata is used in search.
• Searching by date and date ranges
  This topic discusses how you can search documents by date and date ranges.

Related information

• Hints and tips for improving quality of Portal Search results