2012 Solr Preconference

The Solr 2012 Preconference Notes of Greatness:

How to get titles like Nature (specifically, big journals like "Nature") to appear near the top:

• exact title match fields, boost those. (left and right anchored)
• create boost fields on index for specific things (like serials, you want to boost)

Replication:

• works fine, but slower than scp for ingests.
• jrochkind: not as slower as you'd expect.
• ingest with higher mergefactor for speed, then optimize to 1 merge segment, then use on read only
• etsy: http://codeascraft.etsy.com/2012/01/23/solr-bittorrent-index-replication/

How to get started on solr?

• don't be afraid to ask on list
• don't be afraid to use jetty
• buy this book: http://www.amazon.com/Apache-Solr-3-1-Cookbook-Rafal/dp/1849512183
• look in comments, dont' necessarily trust the wiki
• dont' use the example, start from scratch
• lucidimagination.com : run by erikhatcher, solr conference.

How to track results?

• google analytics
• put in specific fields for tracking what people search for and click, especially which result number.