When visitors perform a search on your site, all records that match their search criteria are returned as a list of search results. You can control how search results are sorted using the Keyword Sort and Catalog Sort settings in the Interface Management Site.

  • Random - No sort order is applied to the results. Each time the search results are loaded, the display order is randomly generated.
  • First Field - Results are sorted alphabetically by the first field you have selected to share online for that record type.
  • Relevance - The most relevant results appear on the first page or pages of your search results. The algorithm that determines each record's relevance considers multiple factors, such as frequency of the searched term, placement of the term on the page, number of fields the term appears in on the record, etc.

The Random option is only available for Catalog Search results, while the First Field and Relevance options are available for both Keyword Search results and Catalog Search results. Detailed instructions for changing the order in which your results are sorted can be found in the online User Guide topic Changing Search Results Sort Order .