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RollingStone.com just deployed a new federated search feature, showing top results from the Rolling Stone Archive along with the regular site search. My team member David Benson created the search service used in the federated search, a stand-alone Archive search page, and all the necessary glue to automatically direct users back to the intended content after authenticating. The end result is a great way to tie the archive deeper into the Rolling Stone site, and to provide historical context to a user’s search: [Image] When clicking on an archive link, if not authenticated, you are presented with an upsell/login page. Once signed in you are then shown the article you clicked on: [Image] Or if you clicked the View All items link, the full archive search, with facet filters and sorting options: [Image] Enjoy!