9.1. Overview of Search
MOSS 2007 search is based on the search capacities of the Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS 3.0) search service but then adds enhancements that allow search to be effective in an enterprise site collection environment. SharePoint Server 2007 search isn't optimized just for size or capacity but also for the complexity of data and data indexing found in the enterprise. Enhancements for SharePoint search include the following:
The ability to search a wider scope of content types
Customizable search query and search results
The ability to define content scopes on both the site and global level
Highlighting in search results
Suggested corrections for misspelled search strings
Improved ability to return more relevant search results ...
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