Is there a way to remove SharePoint search results?

Question

I want to remove a certain result of a particular query, because the author put the metadata carelessly and confusing people who view the search results. How do I do it?

The metadata was then manully corrected but the confusing result is still there if I type the same query.

Answer 1

SharePoint incrementally crawls sites every 30 minutes by default.  By the time you read this, your problem may have already resolved itself.  To force a full crawl in MOSS, navigate to the Shared Services web application (there is a link from Central Admin) for the site and start a full crawl there via the search settings.

If you are using WSS, the command is
stsadm -o spsearch -action fullcrawlstart
from a command prompt in the bin drive of the 12-hive, usually
\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\web server extensions\12

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Answer 2

Thanks.

Is it the case that only full crawl will fix the search result but not the incremental crawl?

My schedule is to do full crawl weekly since data amount is large.

Answer 3

The incremental crawl should resolve the problem. You can manually start an incremental crawl via SSP.

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Answer 4

Sounds like you just need to correct the metadata. but if you want to remove the result for some reason, there is a way. In the SSp under search administration there is a link to remove results. You just add the url and click remove. when you want to add the result back to your list you just have to go to crawl rules. the removal would have created a remove crawl rul. you can deletre that rule when you ready to add the result back.

Answer 5

Thanks for the help!
Seems I didn't dig the admin pages deep enough to see the link!