Google Search Appliance Managing Search for Controlled-Access Content - Manual (Page 14)

Google Search Appliance: Managing Search for Controlled-Access Content 14
How a Search Appliance Determines What to Display in
Public Search Results
The front end configuration for a search results page controls how much information users see for each
item in the search results. When you make controlled-access content available for public search, open
the Page Layout Helper or the XSLT Stylesheet Editor for each front end and review the stylesheet
configuration to ensure that you are not revealing more information than the user needs.
In the Page Layout Helper, these parameters under Search Results control which information is
displayed:
• When Snippet is selected, the element is displayed in the search results. Clear the Snippet
check box to remove snippets from the search results.
• When Page Size is selected, the element’s page size SZ value is displayed in the search results.
Clear the Page Size check box to remove information about the document’s size from the search
results.
• When Modified Date is selected, the element is included in the XML
results. Clear the Modified Date check box to remove information about the document’s freshness
from the search results.
• When Cache Link is selected, the element is included in the XML results. Clear the Cache Link
check box to remove the link to the cached document from the search results.
• The Result Page navigation at the bottom of the page can indicate how many results are available.
To prevent users from using this information to deduce how large your index is, choose the third
option, which excludes both the “Gooooogle” navigation and the numbered references to search
results pages.
In the XSLT Stylesheet Editor, these XSL variables control which information is displayed:
• show_res_snippet specifies whether to display a snippet for each result. Set name="show_res_snippet">0 to remove snippets from the search results.
• show_meta_tags specifies whether to display metadata for each result. Set name="show_meta_tags">0 to remove the document’s metadata from the
search results.
• show_res_size specifies whether to display the page size for each result. Set name="show_res_size">0 to remove information about the document’s size
from the search results.
• show_res_date specifies whether to display the last-modified date for each result. Set
0 to remove information about the
document’s freshness from the search results.
• show_res_cache specifies whether to display the cache link for each result. Set name="show_res_cache">0 to remove the link to the cached document from the
search results.
• choose_bottom_navigation specifies which navigation option to use at the bottom of the results
page. Set simple to
exclude both the "Gooooogle" navigation and the numbered references to search results pages.