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Working with search results

Your search returned a bunch of results. So what should you do next?

When you perform an advanced search, the search results are displayed on the Search Results page. You can filter the results in different ways to find the information that interests you most.

To review your search results...

  1. Click the title of one of the results to open it and review it in more detail.

  2. Click a tab to display the results returned by a specific IBM Lotus Connections feature. By default, all of the results are displayed in the All areas tab.

  3. Use the Sort by options to sort the results according to different criteria. The options available vary depending on the tab that you click. For example, if you click the Blogs tab, you can sort the results by relevance, date, visits, comments, and recommendations.

  4. Use the Dates search control to display only those results that are associated with a specified year or month.

  5. Use the Tags search control to search the results for specific tags or keywords. You can click a tag in the tag cloud to display only content tagged with the selected tag. Use the slider to adjust the size of the tag cloud.

  6. View the people associated with the search results in the People area. Click a name to display the results associated with a specific person.


If there are too many results, you can search again by entering a search term or phrase in the You searched for field, and then clicking Search Again. To perform another advanced search, return to the Advanced Search form and provide more qualifiers by filling in multiple keywords.


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