Editing a Site Hit Frequency Rule

Note  You cannot change the site name for which you have specified a rule. If you want to specify a new site name, you must create another site hit frequency rule.

For more information about site hit frequency rules, see About Site Hit Frequency Rules.

Edit a site hit frequency rule

1. On the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration for Server server_name page, in the Component Configuration section, click Configure search and indexing.
2. On the Manage the Search Service for SharePoint Portal Server page, in the Site Hit Frequency Rules section, click Manage site hit frequency rules.
3. On the Site Hit Frequency Rules page, rest the pointer on the site hit frequency rule name, and then click the arrow.
4. On the menu that appears, click Edit.

   Note  You can also edit a rule by clicking the rule.

5. In the Request Frequency section, select one of the following frequency options:
   • Request documents simultaneously   Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 uses all allocated system resources to request as many documents as possible, with no delay between document requests. This setting is usually too resource intensive for Internet sites but can be acceptable for intranet sites.
   • Limit the number of simultaneous document requests   You can specify the maximum number of documents that SharePoint Portal Server can request at one time from the site.

     In the Documents box, type the number of documents to request. The default setting for all sites is five simultaneous document requests.

     The minimum number of documents that SharePoint Portal Server can request is one. The maximum number of documents that SharePoint Portal Server can request is 999.

   • Wait a specified amount of time after each document request   You can specify a delay between document requests. SharePoint Portal Server requests one document per site at one time, and then waits the specified amount of time before making additional requests.

     In the Time to wait in seconds box, type the time to wait between document requests.

     The minimum time to wait between document requests is one second. The maximum time to wait between document requests is 999 seconds.

   If the frequency is too high, SharePoint Portal Server can overload some Web sites with requests. Consider specifying lower frequency rates for Internet sites over which you may have no control, and increasing the frequency for intranet sites over which you do have control.

6. Click OK.