Google Search Appliance User Experience Guide User Manual
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How can I increase the relevancy, in the search results, of more recent documents?
● Create
a result biasing policy, which increases the relevancy of documents based upon the date
that they were last modified. Then, attach this policy to the appropriate front end.
● For
URLs which have been added via a content feed you can add the following attribute to the
feed:
○ This attribute specifies the PageRank of the URL or group of URLs. The default value is
96. A higher value specifies a higher PageRank. To boost the PageRank of the URL or
group of URLs, increase the value to a number between 97 and 100. To lower the
PageRank, decrease the value. The PageRank for a URL overrides one for a group.
● By using th
○ If you enable ASR, the search appliance uses its automatic self-learning scorer. This
feature automatically analyzes user behavior and the specific links that users click on for
specific queries to fine tune relevance and scoring. The search appliance uses advanced
statistical regression to determine the statistical significance of user behavior, and adjusts
for trust bias (that is, users clicking on the first result solely because it's first). Thus, over
time, results become more and more precise without the need of administrator
intervention.