The 5 benefits of using Best Bets in SharePoint Search

Best Bets in SharePoint Search 2010 offer a search engine algorithm-independent, manual way to promote certain documents to the top of the search results page, based on specific, pre-determined keywords. Since they occupy prime “real estate” in the interface, they are much more likely to draw attention and be clicked on, especially if care is taken to make Best Bets as relevant as possible for their keywords.

Below are five of the top benefits of using Best Bets in SharePoint 2010.

How visual Best Bets enhance the SharePoint Search experience

One of the characteristics that have fostered the enormous growth of Microsoft SharePoint is its ability to provide robust content and document management, web development, and advanced search functionality without the need for extensive technical knowledge to implement and customise.

For such a powerful platform, it is also very user-friendly from the standpoint of both site administrators and end users. An area where this is easily demonstrated is Visual Best Bets in SharePoint 2010.

Visual Best Bets in SharePoint 2010 are manually created search results that are displayed as a graphic above the default results after a query is performed. Each is associated with a particular keyword and its synonyms as defined by site administrators, just like normal Best Bets. Simple to implement, they are nonetheless a powerful addition to the enterprise search functionality.