E-Commerce Site-Search KPIs – Part 3 – Queries
Welcome back, ethereal emporium enthusiasts, for our third installment of mastering KPIs for your store’s site search. It’s been a long road, but we’re nearing our destination. We first…
The Annual Search Shootout – how we’re competing at TREC to build better news recommendation
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…
E-commerce Site-Search KPIs – Part 2 – Products
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…
Stop chasing the Search Unicorn when building a search team!
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…
E-commerce Site-Search KPIs – Part 1 – Customers
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 solves the e-commerce search accessories problem with boosting & synonyms
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…
Training non-technical staff in search skills
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…
How does Pete, the e-commerce search product manager, build a web shop?
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…
What is a Relevance Engineer?
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…
I Became a Solr Committer in 4662 Days. Here’s how you can do it faster!
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! …
Leveling Up with Natural Language Search!
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, the e-commerce search product manager.
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…