Search unleashed
By John Godley (http://urbangiraffe.com/)
Why it's awesome: Turns WordPress' basic search into a full text searching monster
Why it was picked: Easy setup, multiple search algorithms
Manual Install URL: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-unleashed/
Automatic Install search term: Search Unleashed
Geek level: Newbie
Configuration location: Tools | Search Unleashed
Used in: Posts, widgets, pages
Search is significantly more important than most people credit it. The ability to find content on your site is probably the most important aspect to running a successful blog. The Defacto search built in to WordPress is nice, but far from perfect. Search Unleash introduces powerful new methods to scour through your blog's data, including full text searching and Lucene powered searching.
Setting up your search index
A search index is a collection of information that is stored about each of your posts, pages, and other elements that contain text. This "Index" is then used...
