Issue link: https://epubs.iltanet.org/i/37773
Unique or Better Features with FAST Feature Visual Best Bets Similar Results Duplicate Results User-Context Features Advanced Content Processing Synonyms Advanced Ranking and Sorting Advanced Query Language Scalability Multiple servers required for more than 15 million items to sustain a sub-second response time Ability to create rank profiles and allow users to sort on any managed property Duplicate results are only shown once Relevance ranking and Visual Best Bets based on user context Content extractors and lemmatization Description Ability to display a graphic based on keywords in the query and the user context SharePoint Search No No No No No One-way No No 100 million items scaled out FS4SP Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Two-way Yes Yes; Fast Query Language (FQL) Billions of items scaled out Unique Functionality in SharePoint Server 2010 Search Feature Search Alerts Description The ability to receive alerts when new results are found for a specified search Social Data Connection Allow social data such as social distance to influence result relevance SharePoint Search Yes FS4SP No Yes No; Can be accomplished with custom code 54 Portal Platforms ILTA White Paper