US Patent 7945533 Index replication using crawl modification information

Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with index replication using crawl modification information are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes an enterprise search system comprising a target search system comprising an index logic that uses modified crawl information related to items associated with sources to maintain an index that supports searching of the items; and, a crawl search system comprising a pipeline processor configured to receive modified crawl information related to the items and to propagate the modified crawl information to the target system.