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On the List Settings page, under General Settings, click Advanced settings. In the Search section, under Allow items from this document library to appear in search results, select Yes to include all of the items in the list or library in search result or No to exclude all items from search results.
What makes a site appear in search results?
The permissions that are set on items, lists, libraries, sites, and so forth, also affect whether users can see the content in search results. Site owners and site collection administrators can choose whether content can appear in search results. By default, the content of a site can appear in search results.
How to change the look of search results?
The display templates show a selection of the managed properties in the search results, such as file type, title, document summary, path, and image. You can create your own display templates that show information that’s important to your users, for specific types of results.
How are search results set up by default?
By default, the Search Results Web Part in your Search Center is set up to use different display templates according to the result type of the search result. Result types define when to use which display template, and the display template defines what information to show in the search results.
Not everything you store in SharePoint is meant to be seen by others. Say, you uploaded a pretty confidential document, like a company business plan. How do you assure it is not picked up by mighty SharePoint search engine?
How to enable or prevent content from being searchable?
Navigate to the site for which you want to allow or prevent content from being included in search results. Click Site Actions, and then click Site Settings. Under Site Administration, click Search and offline availability.
How to prevent documents from surfacing in keyword search?
Since everything in SharePoint is permission-driven, all you have to do is set unique permissions for a given site, library or folder. This will prevent the document from surfacing up in a keyword search to those who don’t have access to it. The best option is to set the security at the site level.