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Write the Docs Podcast episode 31: Site search, with Peter Levan

by Tom Johnson on Sep 9, 2020
categories: wtd-podcasts • findability

So many documentation websites rely on search as part of their information architecture. But what do you actually need to consider if you want to make your site search return answers for users in relevant, efficient ways? Join Peter Levan from Funnelback with regular guests Chris, Jared, and Tom for a talk all about making search work well on your site. Some of the questions discussed include: Why can't you just let Google do the searching and indexing for you? Do you need to pay big money to get a site search tool? How do you make your docs site talk robot?

You can view the original post on the Write the Docs Podcast site here: WTD Episode 31: Strategies for site search, with Peter Levan.

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