Each strategy attached to an index provides a unique way of hooking up to the Sitecore events to keep your index updated. For more information, see the section Index Update Strategies . Sitecore indexes are built by using following methods. Publishing the content. Navigate to control panel -> Indexing Manager -> clicking on rebuild search index button with the required indexes. Rebuild indexes by using Rebuild method of API Sitecore.ContentSearch.ContentSearchManager.GetIndex("sitecore_web_index") Here's the node in Sitecore.ContentSearch.DefaultConfigurations.config: