Screen: ShopSite > Preferences > Search Settings > Indexing

Search Indexing Settings

This screen allows you to configure how the customer site search index is generated. You can control what words are indexed or ignored, as well as what product fields are included in the index.

Stop List

The Stop List controls what words are included and which are ignored in the index. Very common words (such as the or and) are included in the Stop List to keep them from influencing search results. For example, if a customer entered The Beatles as search keywords, The would be ignored because it is on the Stop List, and the customer would get all results for Beatles.

Stop List Operations This section allows you to view the current Stop List and either add or remove words from the list:
Add Keyword
To add a specific word to the Stop List, enter the word in the blank and click Add Keyword. That word will then appear in the Stop List.
Remove Keyword
To remove a word from the list, select the word from the Stop List and click Remove Keyword.
Click here to move indexed keywords to stoplist
Click Show Words to view a list of words currently included in the search index, along with the number of times the word was found. To remove a word from your index and add it to the Stop List, check the box beside the word and click Add to Stoplist. There is an option below to display this list on the Publish Results screen.

Indexing Configuration

Configure what product information is indexed and manage index creation settings.

Indexable Product Fields
When the search index is generated, ShopSite will look for words to index in the Search Keywords product field, as well as any product fields you select here. You should include any fields that might help the customers find what they are looking for.
Index Numbers
Check this box to have ShopSite include stand-alone numbers in the search index. If any of your products are differentiated by numbers (24 carat gold ring vs. 18 carat gold ring, for example), you should check this box so customers will be able to use the numbers as search keywords.
Note:

This option only refers to standalone numbers. Numbers within words and hyphenated word-number combinations, such as "24-carat," will be indexed and searchable even if you do not check the Index Numbers box.

Ignore Subproducts during indexing
Checking this box will cause ShopSite not to index subproducts as part of a parent product. This is useful if you are using subproducts in a cross-sell scenario, and you don't want the search to return links to the pages where the product is being cross-sold.
Display Keywords During Full Indexing
Check this box to include the Keyword list on the Publish Results screen. This will display each word in the index, along with the number of times it occurs, on the Publish Results screen. To remove a keyword from the index, check the box beside the word and click Add to Stoplist. If you do not want to see the entire list of indexed words on the Publish Results screen, you can still manage your index by clicking on Show Words above.
Count Threshold
Enter the minimum number of times ShopSite should encounter a word before the word will be included in the search index. ShopSite will include any words not in the Stop List that are encountered at least the specified number of times. The default value is 3, but you may want to set this higher if unwanted uncommon words are getting indexed.
Products saved between two checkpoints
Select how frequently ShopSite should save product information when generating a search index. This setting helps prevent ShopSite from having to begin from scratch if an indexing operation is interrupted, but more frequent checkpoints will slow down the indexing. You should not change this setting unless indexing is frequently interrupted. The default is 1000 products.
Pages saved between two checkpoints
Select how frequently ShopSite should save page information when generating a search index. This setting helps prevent ShopSite from having to begin from scratch if an indexing operation is interrupted, but more frequent checkpoints will slow down the indexing. You should not change this setting unless indexing is frequently interrupted. The default is 100 pages.

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Last updated: February 7, 2007
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