Change: Search

created on Dec. 7, 2012, 12:29 p.m. by Hevok & updated on Dec. 7, 2012, 12:29 p.m. by Hevok

Searching is used to separate signals from noise and find something quickly. Additionally search can provide insights into what things are popular (many searches), what things are difficult to find on a site, in such that the site can be improved.

Index The datastore used by a search engine. Its actual structure can vary widely between search engines but commonly they resemble a document store.

Corpus A collection of documents.

Term Generally a single word (or word-like) string of characters used in a search query.

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Tags: query, find, algorithm
Categories: Tutorial, reST
Parent: Tutorials

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