Next to the faceting engine: - MoreLikeThis - Highlighting - Spellchecker But also more flexible querying using the DisMax handler which is clearly superior. Solr can also be used to store data which can be retrieved in an instant! We have used this technique in a site and it is obviously much faster than multiple large and complex SQL statements.
On Fri, 2009-11-13 at 10:52 +0100, Lukáš Vlček wrote: > pros: > - considering we understand the content (we understand the domain scope) we > can fine tune the search engine to provide more accurate results > - Solr can give us facets > - we have user search logs (valuable for analysis) > - implementing Solr is a fun > > cons: > - requires resources (but the cost is relatively low depending on the query > traffic, index size and frequency of updates) > > Regards, > Lukas > > http://blog.lukas-vlcek.com/
