What exactly is TREC? If you’re involved in search, you have likely heard about TREC. TREC is short for the Text REtrieval Conference. This annual conference has been running…
Welcome back, merchants and purveyors riding the digital universe, for our continuation of blunt and practical advice for site-search KPIs. In our first installment, we talked about the high…
I’ve had several conversations with clients recently who are perfectly aware that to make a step change in their ability to deliver great search, they’re going to need some…
Welcome, retail aficionado, this guide is for you! We will outline all the things you need to know about measuring the quality and effectiveness of your store’s site-search with…
Pete has just been hired as Product Manager for Search at electronics retailer Chorus Electronics. His boss, a Vice President, has asked him to build a ‘best-in-class’ e-commerce search…
In a previous blog, I wrote about how important it is to consider how to train your staff in search skills so that everyone can work effectively on the…
Pete has just been hired as Product Manager for Search at electronics retailer Chorus Electronics. His boss, a Vice President, has asked him to build a ‘best-in-class’ e-commerce search…
At OpenSource Connections, we discuss the role ‘relevance engineer’ quite extensively. In this post, I want to define this term. We feel it’s a key, often missing component of…
On April 6th, 2020 I was invited to become a committer on the Apache Solr project. My journey to becoming a committer started in earnest 4662 days before that! …
You’ve done it, dear reader! You got to the base of relevant search for your customers. You have a search platform installed and working, you’re measuring, experimenting, and improving…
Meet Pete. Pete’s in trouble. Pete’s just been hired as Product Manager for Search at electronics retailer Chorus Electronics. His boss, a Vice President, has asked him to build…
Two weeks ago we ran our first ever virtual relevance conference – Haystack 2020, as part of a combined week of events including Berlin Buzzwords and MICES, the e-commerce…
