Search is a key component in SharePoint Online as well as SharePoint 2013, and the new search page is a vast improvement over search in SharePoint 2010. By using all the new tools available to tune search in a configuration only manner you can easily improve and customize the search experience to suit your company's needs. This session will cover 13 easy tune-ups based on the experience with SharePoint 2013 so far, which will improve on the end-user search experience. Everyone setting up search should consider these tune-ups as standard setup for new SharePoint installations. This session will among other things cover: * how to improve findability by ranking content * how to improve findability by smart refiners * improve the visual previews of your results * search as you type functionality to quicker find relevant content.

1. Rock your SharePoint Search
With 13 Easy Tune-Ups
Mikael Svenson
Principal Consultant
MVP, MCT, P-TSP

2. 13

3. Unclutter the UI
Turn off advanced settings link – it’s for librarians and
archivers

4. Unclutter the UI
Turn off preferences link – people just want search to
work

5. Unclutter the UI
Do users care or know what language they are
searching in?

6. Unclutter the UI
Turn off refiners which doesn’t make sense to you

7. Unclutter the UI
More pagers, yet another visual clue
vs.

8. 12

9. Display Templates and Preview
Visualize your content
PDF – not in SPO 

10. 11

11. Last saved by refiner
Author is based on document metadata

12. 10

13. Refine by items closer to you
“People like me” have my best interest in mind

14. 9

15. Refiner and Vertical Counts
Counter cues can highlight navigation paths

16. 8

17. Search as you type
With real hits, not search query suggestions, or both

18. 7

19. Authoritative Web Pages
Content closer to the
most authoritative page
gets more points!

20. 6

21. Duplicate trimming is evil
By default, trims too much

22. 5

23. File format refiner
Fact: People don’t refine
Make it visual to increase usage

24. 4

25. Optimize people search
Query language matters

26. 3

27. Make your own real title
Extracted one might not be the preferred title

28. 2

29. Best bets
Use them!
Style them!

30. 1

31. Fresh content does matter

32. Summary
1. Clean up the UI
2. Custom views for custom types
3. Who is the author?
4. People like me
5. Counts
6. Search as you type
7. Authorative sites
8. Duplicate trimming
9. File types
10. Query language matters
11. What is the title?
12. Best bets
13. Freshness

33. Q&A

34. Contact Information
E-mail: mikael.svenson@puzzlepart.com
Twitter: @mikaelsvenson
Linked-in: no.linkedin.com/in/mikaels
Blog: techmikael.blogspot.com
Code: spsearchparts.codeplex.com