Add a word to the stop list by entering it in the space provided and clicking Add Keyword.

To remove a word from the list, highlight the word by clicking on it, and then click Remove Keyword.

When you publish your store, ShopSite makes a list of any words that appear more than three times in your product information. Often words that occur repeatedly are not distinctive words and are not useful in searches, and may give poor search resuults. Click Show Words to see a list of these words and optionally add them to the Stop List.

Check the boxes next to the product fields that you want to have included in the index and searchable by customers. "Option Finite Text" refers to the text of the pull-down menus for product Ordering Options.

Checking this box will allow numbers to be indexed for searches in your store. For example, if you have a product with a description including the phrase "24 carat gold", and you want your customers to be able search for "24", you will need to check this box. If this box is not checked, then searches with a "24" in them (such as "24 carat" or "24 carat gold") will fail because the "24" will not be found in the list of indexed search words.

Check this box to see a list of keywords while your store is being generated (when you click the Publish tab). Keywords are words that appear more than three times in your store and which may not be beneficial as search terms. If you enable this option, you can add those words to the stop list from the Publish Results screen. If you leave this option disabled, you can view the words and add them to the stop list from the Search Settings screen.

While creating an index of words for product searches, ShopSite keeps track of how many times each word occurs. If a word appears a lot in a search index, searches for that word may return too many results to be very useful. When you publish your store, ShopSite will warn you about words that appear frequently. Enter a number here for how many times a word has to occur before ShopSite warns you about the word.

When you Publish your store, ShopSite creates an index of products for use in searches. As it indexes products, ShopSite stops at predetermined checkpoints and records its progress so that it can pick up where it left off if a "time-out" occurs. This setting tells ShopSite how many products should be indexed between each checkpoint.

When you Publish your store, ShopSite indexes pages for searches. As it indexes pages, ShopSite stops at predetermined checkpoints and record its progress so that it can pick up where it left off if a "time-out" occurs. This setting tells ShopSite how many pages should be indexed between each checkpoint.