I recently posted my comparison of search results across 2 similar intranets. In this post, I use the same set of 21 search phrases to test the GovIntranet predictive search feature on the recently released Northern Ireland Office intranet. Some of the search tasks are not really applicable to this department but I have included them for completeness.
This is a newly-launched intranet and content is still being added. The test results reflect the functionality of the predictive search feature using the content 2 weeks after going live.
The gallery below shows results for each search phrase:
Video conferences are favoured for meetings between London and Belfast
Perfect result
No maternity content yet
No guidelines on blogging yet.
Nice results!
Good selection of results.
The Government Procurement card isn’t in use here. There won’t be any content for this on the intranet.
Good result. Was expecting some booking info but flights are the main thing at NIO.
Perfect match!
More guidance for managers here.
Nothing here.
I’d contact the Parliamentary Team.
There’s no “Did you mean?” on the predictive search.
I’d contact the Parliamentary Team.
Nice set of results
There it is, spelt correctly.
Perfect match!
Probably elsewhere in a Shared Services system.
Yay!
2 replies on “Intranet predictive search test results”
Excellent work Luke, assuming this great predictive search relies on well written and defined content.
^= there’s a digital guy who knows his stuff!
Yes, of course, well-written and organised content is the secret.
2 replies on “Intranet predictive search test results”
Excellent work Luke, assuming this great predictive search relies on well written and defined content.
^= there’s a digital guy who knows his stuff!
Yes, of course, well-written and organised content is the secret.