In some cases the client does not want to display/see out-of-the-box search results. For example the client wants to have a search functionality only on a specific document library or wants to see all the related links by a particular author. In this case it makes sense to display the search results grouped by author. Below we will try to display the search results web part grouped by author. Step 1. In search centre page(where you have placed search box and search results web part), click on ‘Site Actions’ and ‘Edit Page’. Figure 1. Click on ‘Edit Page’. (Since I have already modified the ‘Search Core Results’ web part, you are able to see group by result.) Step 2. For ‘Search Core Results’ web part, click on ‘modify shared web part’ Figure 2. Click on ‘Modify Shared Web Part’ for ‘Search Core esults’. Step 3. Click on ‘XSL Editor…’ button. Copy all the text available. Now open notepad and paste all the content in it. Save the file as ‘SearchAll.xml’. Figure 3. Click on ‘XSL Edit...