Windows SharePoint Services Search URL Syntax

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You can execute search queries against the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Search by encoding your query in a URL and posting it to the search page.

Parameters

The following table describes the URL search parameters that you can use with Search.

URL Parameter

Description

Example

k

Specifies the keywords. You can only specify one value for this parameter.

results.aspx?k=sharepoint%20search

v

Specifies the result view that is to be used for the query.

This parameter must be either:

relevance - results are sorted by relevance

date - results are sorted by date

results.aspx?v=date

results.aspx?v=relevance

start

Specifies which results page number to show.

results.aspx?start=3

Remarks

If your search results page contains multiple queries, you can specify which query the parameter applies to by appending a number from 1 to 5, indicating the Search Query Results ID, between the parameter and the "=" character in the URL.

See Also

Reference

Windows SharePoint Services Search Keyword Syntax

Concepts

Building Windows SharePoint Services Search Queries

Windows SharePoint Services Search SQL Syntax