What Can I Do with the Search Results?

On the Search Results page, click a link for a destination that matches your search entries:
Picture of a search results list with the pointer selecting the link to the Rental Housing Code page.

Notes

In the results list, these symbols indicate pages:

Other symbols display along with the names of found items. The symbols indicate the type of search result, and what displays if you click a link. More?

Web page that displays in your current browser window.
Web page that displays in a separate browser window.
Web page that displays in your current browser window.
PDF document. Displays in a PDF reader in a separate browser window.
Document in Microsoft Word format. Opens in a viewer in a separate browser window.
Document in Microsoft Excel format. Opens in a viewer in a separate browser window.
A Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Opens in a viewer in a separate browser window
An organizing folder which stores documents and other site items related to your search. Clicking the symbol displays a new list of items. When your search words are included in the folder name, the folder may be a good source for items you are looking for.
This symbol may represent a document in a directory. In that case, clicking the link displays a document in a separate browser window.

Sort by

Relevance – This is the default sort, and most likely gives you the best opportunity to find the content you are looking for. With a Relevance sort, the program uses a variety of computer rules, including looking at the "keywords" assigned to a page, to place results that most closely match your search query at the top of the results list with a high ranking. For more details about keywords and results ranking, see information included in How Does Search Work?

Object Type – This sort separates items into different destination types, and can be a quick way to focus on only pages within the site structure (rather than scrolling through a long list of results that contains many documents). If the "object" Community Pages displays . . .

. . . clicking that Community Pages link displays a list of page links:

Folder – This sorts organizes the results in groups of "folders." The folders contain destinations for the links found in the search. They are organizers created by the City Web site developers, and at times can indicate from where a listed item originated within the City organization. If you are familiar with the City organizational structure and know where the content you are looking for originated, this sort can be helpful. More?

The meaning of some folder names are probably more obvious than others. Among the folders pictured below include those relating to the Planning and Development Department (PDD), Human Resources and Risk Services (HRRS), City Manager's Office (CMO), and Parks and Open Space (POS).

Click a folder to view the search results. The program may display additional folders within a higher level folder, organizing the found items into smaller groups.

Name – Sorts the items alphabetically by title of the page or document. Titles that begin with numbers display higher than alpha-only titles. If the search returns a long list of found items, this sort is most likely not very useful.

Last Modified Date – Currently (July, 2008), this sort is not useful because of the way the program handles dates related to the updating of site items. For Web pages, which appear at the top of the results list when you use the default Relevance sort, the date is generally accurate. However, for documents, which often make up the bulk of the list, the date usually is the current date, which most likely is not correct. With a sort by Last Modified Date, the results display with the most current date at the top of the list, which pushes the links found for Web pages, with their actual modified dates that occurred earlier than the current date, to the bottom of the list.

Search Again

To perform another search, type new search text in the Search again text box, and click the Search button:

Or, type new search text in the Site Search text box near the top of the page, and click Search:

Refine Your Search

You can add criteria to further focus your search on the More Searches page. On the More Searches page, you can also increase the number of results returned on one Search Results page.

1 Click the More Searches link.

2 On the More Searches page, enter your search settings and click the Search button:

See the Help topics listed just below for more information about the basic Site Search available on the Eugene Web site: