MOSS search relevancy + FullTextQuery object
Hello All:
I am using FullTextQuery object to perform search on MOSS scopes. So, if my query looks like:
Select Title, Author, Description from Scope() where Scope = "All Site"
How does SharePoint rank the results ?
Lets say If I have two documents:
Document 1 has a title 'Test' and it does not have any content that has a word 'Test' in it.
Document 2 has a title 'ABC' but the content contains the word 'Test' three times.
If I am searching for word 'Test' using FreeText clause, which result will appear first on list? Does MOSS knows the word in title is a bigger hit then the content of document whose title is different?
If I customize the weight on property using code? Does it change the results order ? ( I tried that but no luck )
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
SharePoint Developer
Answers
My testing shows that keyword in name of the document would have higher rank than keyword in document content. That is, the Document 1 would returned before Document 2 in search result in your scenario.
To change the weight of managed property, please refer to following articles:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms549085.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms553069.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/kundut/archive/2009/10/15/relevance-in-sharepoint-search.aspx
- Proposed As Answer byMirjam van Olst Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:46 AM
- Marked As Answer byOttawaTechGuy Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:09 PM
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My testing shows that keyword in name of the document would have higher rank than keyword in document content. That is, the Document 1 would returned before Document 2 in search result in your scenario.
To change the weight of managed property, please refer to following articles:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms549085.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms553069.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/kundut/archive/2009/10/15/relevance-in-sharepoint-search.aspx
- Proposed As Answer byMirjam van Olst Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:46 AM
- Marked As Answer byOttawaTechGuy Tuesday, November 03, 2009 2:09 PM
