How would one use Lucene.NET to help implement search on a site like Stack Overflow?

The answers you are looking for really can not be found using lucene alone. You need ranking and grouping algorithms to filter and understand the data and how it relates. Lucene can help you get normalized data, but you need the right algorithm after that. I would recommend you check out one or all of … Read more

How do I remove all default Webkit search field styling?

Try these stylings: input[type=”search”]::-webkit-search-decoration, input[type=”search”]::-webkit-search-cancel-button, input[type=”search”]::-webkit-search-results-button, input[type=”search”]::-webkit-search-results-decoration { -webkit-appearance:none; } Source: http://css-tricks.com/webkit-html5-search-inputs/#comment-82432

Semantic search with NLP and elasticsearch

There may be several approaches with different implementation complexity. The easiest one is to create list of topics (like plumbing), attach bag of words (like “pipe”), identify search request by majority of keywords and search only in specified topic (you can add field topic to your elastic search documents and set it as mandatory with … Read more

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