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Released: faster search, code search, and product/version info on results! 10 September 08 06:07 AM: We just released an update to MSDN Search and TechNet Search with many of improvements! Here's what's new: Improved Performance Matching refinements listed under each search result MSDN Code Search Preview Easier to expand searches to "Entire Web" / Microsoft.com Read More...
Postedby justingrant | 2 Comments
TechEd Notes plus video about MSDN and TechNet Search 09 June 08 11:28 PM: Last week I was at the Microsoft TechEd Developer Conference in Orlando. It was a great chance to talk with a lot developers about MSDN Search, to get feedback, and to show off what we've been working on with autocomplete, refinements, and more. Here's Read More...
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Filed under: video, feedback, TechEd
Released: Improved Search Autocomplete, and more 28 May 08 06:16 AM: Today we released a bunch of improvements to MSDN Search , TechNet Search , and Expression Search . The big change is a huge improvement in autocomplete-- from about 30,000 terms to over 2.4 million terms. In practical terms, this means you're at least Read More...
Postedby justingrant | 4 Comments
Filed under: autocomplete
More details on MSDN/TechNet Search 3.0 19 February 08 01:29 PM: This release was driven by customer requests, usability testing, and gap analysis of existing Search features, resulting in three primary search improvements: · Make refining searches easier and more usable · Improve relevance of auto-complete · Globalize Read More...
Postedby cslemp | 2 Comments
New MSDN and TechNet search release 14 February 08 08:57 PM: You may have noticed we went live tonight with a new MSDN/TechNet search. There's lots to talk about, but given that it's Valentine's Day today, I'm going to leave this at "stay tuned" for now :) Justin Grant or myself (Chris Slemp) will give you the Read More...
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MSDN and TechNet search with refinement capability launches 26 April 07 08:53 PM: Last week we release a major update to our search tool. We shipped a new version based on the Labs prototype that we launched last spring. This release is full of features that were influenced heavily by YOU! Your feedback, all the emails and comments Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 3 Comments
Some cool toys to play with... 24 March 07 10:59 PM: If you are a user of Windows Vista there is a really cool Gadget which searches MSDN and provides results in the Gadget. It was developed by Nikhil Kothari whose blog is at http://www.nikhilk.net/ . I will letg you read his post about it. I think it is Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 1 Comments
Filed under: MSDN Search, live search, Open search, MSN
MSDN and TechNet are getting a search update! 14 March 07 01:47 PM: So a few months ago we began the planning for an improved version of the search we provide on MSDN and TechNet. We collected all the feedback we could from the current experience and the feedback from our most recent labs prototype and integrated them Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 3 Comments
Filed under: MSDN Search, live search, TechNet Search, Scoping
Welcome Microsoft MVPs! 14 March 07 01:17 PM: This week we are hosting the 2007 Global MVP Summit here on the Microsoft Campus. I want to thank all of you who attended the session on VB Help documentation. I look forward to hearing from and corresponding with you about how we can make Microsoft's Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 2 Comments
Filed under: MSDN Search, MVP Summit
Information Cartography 08 December 06 10:52 AM: This just a little note to first say thanks for all the feedback that you have all been sending me of late and I wanted to give you a heads up on some work that some of my co-workers have been doing in the area of discovery. Their blog is located at: Read More...
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Filed under: Discovery, Information Cartography
Improved Indexing 02 November 06 10:43 AM: For the past year, we’ve seen large improvements in relevance and indexing from Live Search —the new, more relevant search engine which powers search on MSN , Microsoft.com , MSDN , TechNet , and inside Visual Studio 2005 ’s Online Search feature. But Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 4 Comments
Filed under: Search Technology, crawl, live search
Can Q&A improve the search experience? 12 September 06 09:06 AM: I was looking at the Q&A site on Windows live today. There are lots of questions that could be found in TechNet Forum. For example this question titled " Active directory (AD) and non exchange based EMail addresses " As a component of search, is this Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 4 Comments
New Lab at MSDN 12 September 06 08:52 AM: We are in the process of updating our labs site where we are working on future innovations and current in-development projects. The address is below: http://lab.msdn.microsoft.com/v20/ Our old labs site will still be around until we decommission some Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 0 Comments
Scope of MSDN Search 01 August 06 12:49 PM: Recently, we have had lots of questions around the differences between pure vanilla MSN search and the MSDN Search Site based on Windows Live. The typical question is about why some content shows up in the MSN Search and not in the MSDN Search Site. The Read More...
Postedby jandrick | 2 Comments
Search Blog and Comments 08 June 06 10:48 PM: Thanks to everyone who has been submitting comments to the blog about the new search prototype. I want to thank you for taking the time to suggest features or to offer scenarios that you are having trouble with. I wanted to offer a little bit of transparency Read More...
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