Edit Elasticsearch getting started landing page

[lcawl]

This PR edits https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/search/get-started to match the layout in https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/observability/get-started and https://www.elastic.co/docs/solutions/security/get-started. It more closely aligns with the latter in length and scope at this point.

[github-actions]

🔍 Preview links for changed docs

• solutions/search/get-started.md
• solutions/search/get-started/quickstarts.md

[theletterf]

Love it, this is much cleaner. :)

As a suggestion, you could perhaps add a Related resources section at the end with links to other relevant docs, quickstarts, training resources, etc.?

[jmikell821]

Looks great! Just left a few optional comments.

[szabosteve]

Looks great, thank you! I left one suggestion about mentioning that ES is also a vector database.

[szabosteve]

Thank you very much, LGTM!

[leemthompo]

This is definitely nicer than the existing stub but I'm not sure about the structure here, particularly Steps 2 and 4.

I'd be more inclined to something like:

1. Choose your deployment type
2. Ingest data
3. Build your search queries - Combine actionable elements from steps 2 & 4

Looking at how users actually approach Elasticsearch, it might be simpler to somehow bucket the user's flow here into two approaches:

1. "I have my own data and want to query it"
2. "I just wanna try some tutorials/quickstarts using sample data".

This would acknowledge the real-world paths users take and provide clearer options based on their actual intentions.

I'd also lean towards not duplicating links already present in the stepper in the "Related resources" section, to prevent link fatigue.

These are only suggestions, and given that use case guidance etc. is thin on the ground in solutions/search, I think there's a limit to how useful we can actually make this page right now :)

[lcawl]

I'd be more inclined to something like:

1. Choose your deployment type
2. Ingest data
3. Build your search queries - Combine actionable elements from steps 2 & 4

I like that label for the last step so I've made that change in 86114c1
I've kept the "figure out your search goals", however, since it seems like the semantic and vector search in particular affect your subsequent choices.

Looking at how users actually approach Elasticsearch, it might be simpler to somehow bucket the user's flow here into two approaches:

1. "I have my own data and want to query it"
2. "I just wanna try some tutorials/quickstarts using sample data".

Agreed. For now I've just added more "skip to x" at the end of each step to try to open those escape hatches.

I'd also lean towards not duplicating links already present in the stepper in the "Related resources" section, to prevent link fatigue.

Good point, done in 86114c1

Thanks for the feedback!

[leemthompo]

🚢