The document discusses Solr, an open source search platform. It explains that Solr provides features like boolean logic, term frequency-inverse document frequency scoring, and weighted searches that allow ranking results based on fields or tags. It also discusses using Solr for autocomplete, grouping related search items, and adding navigational facets to improve search relevancy and the user experience.

1. What a UX Designer needs to know about SolrGlenn JonesUX Brighton – Brighton, UK08 February 2011

2. ease, speed and relevancy

3. Part of the open source Apache Luceneproject

5. Boolean logicdtLastModified > 2011/01/01

6. Term frequency the more times a search term appears in a documentInverse document frequency matches on rarer terms count more than matches on common terms

7. Design of the London Tube MapThe first diagrammatic map of the London Underground was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. Beck was an Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get to one station from another. This talk considers the Becks work in light of modern wayfinding theory.design, wayfinding, maps8 February 2011 Brighton

8. design londonDesignof the LondonTube MapThe first diagrammatic map of the LondonUnderground was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. Beck was an Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get to one station from another. This talk considers the Becks work in light of modern wayfinding theory.design, wayfinding, maps8 February 2011Brighton

9. wayfindingbrightonDesign of the London Tube MapThe first diagrammatic map of the London Underground was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. Beck was an Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get to one station from another. This talk considers the Becks work in light of modern wayfindingtheory.design, wayfinding, maps8 February 2011Brighton

10. Weighted field search (dismax)2.0Design of the London Tube MapThe first diagrammatic map of the London Underground was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. Beck was an Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get to one station from another. This talk considers the Becks work in light of modern wayfinding theory.design, wayfinding, maps 8 February 2011Brighton 0.51.52.02.0

11. Weighting fields as you queryhttp://example.com/select?defType=dismax&qf=title^2.0 description^1.5&q=design london

12. Weighted tags (payloads)design|1.2 wayfinding|2.2 maps|1.8

13. Mix and match

14. Weighted free text, boolean and range2.0Design of the London Tube MapThe first diagrammatic map of the London Underground was designed by Harry Beck in 1931. Beck was an Underground employee who realised that because the railway ran mostly underground, the physical locations of the stations were irrelevant to the traveller wanting to know how to get to one station from another. This talk considers the Becks work in light of modern wayfinding theory.design, wayfinding, maps 8 February 2011Brighton 0.51.5date:[Now+30DAY To NOW]location:brighton

15. Rounding the circle (score calculations)1.0953647 = (MATCH) sum of: 0.85416585 = weight(text:"accountmanag" in 40050), product of: 0.9704757 = queryWeight(text:"accountmanag"), product of: 4.023551 = idf(text: account=21218 manag=37288) 0.24119881 = queryNorm 0.88015175 = fieldWeight(text:"accountmanag" in 40050), product of: 4.0 = tf(phraseFreq=16.0) 4.023551 = idf(text: account=21218 manag=37288) 0.0546875 = fieldNorm(field=text, doc=40050) 0.24119881 = (MATCH) ConstantScoreQuery(posted:[1284146733990 TO 1297106733990]), product of: 1.0 = boost 0.24119881 = queryNorm

18. Auto Complete (term search)

21. Search item groupings

23. world/north-koreaworld/south-koreaworld/nuclear-weaponsworld/worldprofile/justinmccurrytone/newstype/articleNavigational pivots

25. Have only shown you a small window on Solr

26. Search relevancy is part of your job. It forms part of the information architecture of a site and can massively effect the user experienceBe brave take on the challenge

27. Search is a lot more than adding a boxFindability

28. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial 2.0 UK: England & Wales Licence.Copyright Glenn Jones 2011www.glennjones.net

29. Thanks to the following for their photoshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/hkuchera/2831439566/http://www.flickr.com/photos/cowfish/2126161953/