Search Configuration part 2

Crawling Configuration

Now that the service application is properly configured, the next step is to setup the search crawl, so content is included when a user performs a search.

1. Open Central Administration and click your search service application (under Application Management à Manage Service Applications).
   
2. You are now taken to the main area where you can specify all the configuration information for search in SharePoint 2010, including content sources, search crawls, search scopes, and crawl rules.
   
3. In order to setup a search crawl for a SharePoint site, click on the Content Sources link, under the Crawlingsection (on the left hand side of the page). This page will display the content sources for the search (Local SharePoint Sites is created by default). Right mouse click on Local SharePoint Sites to display the context menu, and select Edit.
   
4. The Edit Content Source page is displayed, and this is where you configure the content source. You are able to specify what URLs the content source will look through when crawling (under the Start Addressessection). You can also setup a crawl schedule for the content source, specify priority for the content source, as well as kick off a full crawl when you press the OK button.
   

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