{"id":524865,"date":"2025-07-15T11:51:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-15T10:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/?p=524865"},"modified":"2025-07-15T14:52:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-15T13:52:31","slug":"new-search-function-launched-for-cn-readers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.constructionnews.co.uk\/tech\/new-search-function-launched-for-cn-readers-15-07-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New search function launched for CN readers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Construction News<\/em> has revamped its search engine with a range of improvements including AI summaries of queries at the top of the results page.<\/p>\n<p>Following the overhaul of search, <em>CN<\/em> readers can now find the information they are after with ease.<\/p>\n<p>Taking a leaf out of the book of search giants such as Google, <em>CN<\/em>\u2019s hybrid search results will contain an AI summary of search terms at the top of the results page.<\/p>\n<p><em>CN <\/em>editor Colin Marrs said: \u201cWe currently have 180,000 articles on our website, stretching back as far as 1990, a depth of content unrivalled by any other website in the UK construction sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur new search functionality should make life easier for our readers to find the information they need to do their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pace at which the AI summaries are improving is breathtaking and I\u2019m blown away at how accurately they sum-up information on the search topic in an easily-digestible way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new search function allows readers to toggle by relevance as well as date, and allows users to use Boolean search terms to refine their searches.<\/p>\n<p>A new filtering system has also been added, allowing users to narrow their searches by topic and type of article.<\/p>\n<p>The new search function has been developed in partnership with AI tech firm Miso.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Give the new search function a go by entering your search term in the search bar at the top of the page and give us your feedback at <a href=\"mailto:cnedit@emap.com\">cnedit@emap.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction News has revamped its search engine with a range of improvements including AI summaries of queries at the top of the results page. 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