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February 2022 Newsletter

Summary

Read our 2021 Year In Review report and get the Zoom details to join us for our faceted search focus group on February 8.

Search.gov Year in-Review

The searches that shaped 2021

We are pleased to share with you our 2021 Year In Review. This report explores the top needs of 2021, expressed in the public’s own words. For each of the 18 topics, this report provides the top 25 searches in that topic, trend data since 2019, and the top websites serving the public in that area.

2021 in numbers:

  • 286.5 million searches
  • 2,100+ participating gov websites
  • 18 top topics
  • 365 days of connecting people with what they need

2021 top five search topics across government websites: 

  • Benefits
  • Loans
  • Space
  • Immigration
  • Forms

Read the report

Join Us Tomorrow on Zoom!

Faceted Search Focus Group February 8 Session

If you haven’t joined us for our first session of this focus group, please do it for our second virtual session scheduled for tomorrow,  February 8 at 11am ET . We will discuss metadata-driven search and faceted search. Join the conversation on Zoom:

Join ZoomGov Meeting

https://gsa.zoomgov.com/j/1607083950?pwd=YS9DRmFGUWk0SENkWTRncHhQYmlkQT09

Meeting ID: 160 708 3950

Passcode: 087124

Faceted Search Survey

Help Us Better Understand Your Needs

Whether you are planning to participate in our upcoming Faceted Search Focus Group session or not, we ask you to please take a few minutes of your time to complete this survey. Your input will allow us to better understand your needs, expectations and vision on how your website search experience can benefit from faceted search results.

Take the survey

Release Notes

Want to learn about the latest features, fixes, and focuses of the Search team? We post monthly Release Notes on our website.

Read the latest notes

February 01, 2022