All About Lucene and Solr Implementation

ln Lhe pasL few years search englne Lechnology has become an expecLed feaLure for lnLraneL
and lnLerneL slLes no slngle producL could serve Lo meeL all search requlremenLs neverLheless
a sollLary Lechnology was consldered as Lhe defaulL opLlon and users could slmply begln Lhelr
search by Lyplng ln a slngle phrase Powever users were ofLen faced wlLh relevancy or recall
lssues when performlng a search 8uL nowadays Lhere are Lechnologles llke So|r and Lucene
LhaL are used as defaulL full LexL search Lechnology for Lechnologlcally advanced and cusLomer
faclng web properLles

Lucene ls !avabased search documenLaLlon lL was orlglnally wrlLLen over a decade before by
uoug CuLLlng who had worked on Lwo search englnes prlor Lo LhaL leLLlng ln Lhe formerly well
accepLed LxclLe lnLerneL search englne Lucene was among Lhe flrsL 3rd generaLlon search
englnes llke Coogle and MlcrosofL's freshly aLLalned Lhe speedy one Lucene has a sLrucLural
deslgn LhaL makes use of excellenL relevancy ranklng 1he Lucene search englne ls an open
source search englne enLerprlse LhaL ls used Lo bulld and search lndexes Lucene can lndex any
LexLbased lnformaLlon you are fond of and Lhen hlL upon lL laLer based on a varleLy of search
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AnoLher popular search Lechnology ls Solr whlch ls an open source enLerprlse search server
based on Lhe Lucene !ava search llbrary wlLh xML/P11 and !SCn Als hlL hlghllghLlng
faceLed search cachlng repllcaLlon a web admlnlsLraLlon lnLerface and many more feaLures lL
runs ln a !ava servleL conLalner such as 1omcaL Solr allows for noL only Lhe federaLlon of
search buL also for Lhe faceLlng of search resulLs 1hls means LhaL Lhe resulLs for a glven search
could be fllLered wlLh only a couple of cllcks !usL lnsLalllng Solr and exposlng lL vla your webslLe
wlll make some enhancemenLs and provlde you wlLh all Lhe posslble faclllLles Lo boosL revenues
Lhrough your web channel

WheLher you already have Solr lnsLalled or are conslderlng lmplemenLlng Solr Lhere are many
So|r consu|t|ng and Lucene consu|t|ng companles LhaL can help you evaluaLe your currenL
lnfrasLrucLure goals for search and sulLablllLy for lmplemenLlng Lhe Solr search englne 1hey
wlll even provlde you wlLh a llsL of besL pracLlces as lL applles Lo your planned lmplemenLaLlon
as well as a roadmap for geLLlng your organlzaLlon's Solr search where you wanL lL Lo be

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