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Search with Relevancy Scores
To add some real power to your SmartIndexing searches, take advantage of the relevance scores that are tagged with each term. By using relevancy scores, you have greater control over what results are returned. If you are only interested in major references to a particular topic, for example, you can look for documents that are tagged with a 90% relevancy and above.
Follow the five simple rules to searching with relevancy scores and you'll be an expert SmartIndexing searcher in no time!
Rule 1. To use a relevancy score, type the appropriate syntax after the index term.
To find major references:
Add 9*% or #90plus# to the index term and get anything tagged with 90% and above.
Examples:
subject(trends 9*% and oil gas industry 9*%)
OR
subject(trends #90plus# and oil gas industry #90plus#)
Rule 2. To generate a slightly larger set of documents, combine the 80% and 90% or use one of the following codes: #80plus# (to capture everything tagged at 80% and higher) or #85plus# (to capture everything tagged at 85% and above.)
Examples:
terms("polls & surveys" #80plus# and "campaigns & elections" #85plus#)
Rule 3. If you are going to use two or more relevancy scores in your search, make sure to precede those scores by a PRE/2. This ensures that the search engine will read your search request correctly.
terms(rankings pre/2 8*% or 9*% and airlines pre/2 7*% or 8*% or 9*%)
Note -- This is the same search:
terms(rankings #80plus# and airlines #70plus#)
Rule 4. If you want 2 or more index terms to precede the relevance score, use a PRE/2 so the search engine understands your request.
subject(advertising slogans or branding pre/2 9*%)
subject(air quality regulation or toxic torts pre/2 8*% or 9*%)
subject(patents or trademarks pre/2 #85plus#)
Rule 5. When you use a relevancy score, you must use the exact form of the index term. To save yourself the time of looking up the exact form of a company name or city, use the PRE/2 to give yourself leeway.
company(royal dutch pre/2 9*%) and city(houston pre/2 #90plus#)
The full controlled company name is Royal Dutch Petroleum Co. The full controlled city name is Houston, TX, USA. Use a PRE/2 or PRE/3 to be more flexible if you don't know the controlled name. You are telling the search engine that you want Royal Dutch to be two or fewer words in front of 9*%.
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