Search suggestions are one of the key features of SharePoint 2010 search. One lack of functionality is, that you can manage them only by PowerShell.
Overview Search Suggestions concept:
http://sharepointfieldnotes.blogspot.ch/2011/09/sharepoint-2010-search-query.html
Best Script to add suggestions based on a csv file input:
http://get-spscripts.com/2010/07/add-pre-query-search-suggestions-with.html
ADD Suggestions (Script from get-spscripts.com):
#Set up default
variables
$csvfile="C:\Install\SearchSuggestions.csv"
$ssa =
Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceapplication -Identity "Search Service Application"
#Create Lists from each item in CSV file
$csvData = Import-Csv
$csvfile
foreach ($line in $csvData)
{
New-SPEnterpriseSearchLanguageResourcePhrase -SearchApplication $ssa -Language
en-US -Type QuerySuggestionAlwaysSuggest
-Name $line.Suggestion
}
$timerJob = Get-SPTimerJob "Prepare query
suggestions"
$timerJob.RunNow()
REMOVE Suggestions (modified script from get-spscripts.com):
#Set up default variables
$csvfile="C:\Install\SearchSuggestions.csv"
$ssa = Get-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceapplication -Identity "Search Service Application" #Create Lists from each item in CSV file
$csvData = Import-Csv $csvfile
foreach ($line in $csvData)
{
Remove-SPEnterpriseSearchLanguageResourcePhrase -SearchApplication $ssa -Language en-US -Type QuerySuggestionAlwaysSuggest
-Identity $line.Suggestion
} $timerJob = Get-SPTimerJob "Prepare query suggestions"
$timerJob.RunNow()
Note: Search suggestions are added trught the Timer Job "Prepare query suggestions", no reindexing is required after modifications.
Hint: To avoid problems with special characters, please import the CSV as UTF-8. ANSI will end up in unknow special characters.
