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Search Consulting Services
Whether you are planning a new search project or trying to improve an existing one, Earley & Associates consultants can help you manage a range of search-related issues; explore our search services.
The Challenge of Enterprise Search
Even the best search engines on the market can’t make up for a poorly defined search strategy, misunderstood user requirements, or sloppy metadata. Earley and Associates consultants can guide you through all the steps required to improve search within your company.
Search is a Framework, not a Utility
Because they are used to web search engines like Google and Yahoo, many people expect enterprise search to work the same way. They think enterprise search is a simple utility they can just plug into a website or other application and get highly relevant results.
The reality is that the internet is different than an enterprise, and information environments inside companies have grown much more complex. Making search work inside the enterprise requires a comprehensive understanding of the relationship between content, metadata, taxonomy as well as the actual search applications.
Seth Earley describes how search is like a conversation:
