Pete learns about selling search keywords with Chorus
Our intrepid supplier management team has just signed a deal with a brand – how do we ‘sell’ some keywords to support this?
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…
Pete solves the e-commerce search accessories problem with boosting & synonyms
Pete’s run into a very common problem in e-commerce search: when his users search for ‘laptop’ the first page of results is laptop accessories – how does he fix this?
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?
How to use a collection of open source, freely available software components we’ve named Chorus to build a complete, tuneable, testable online shop
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…
Haystack 2020 retrospective – going virtual
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…
Haystack Is Back! Go virtual for relevant search talks, workshops, discussions & training
When the COVID-19 crisis hit back in early March we were already planning our annual Haystack US conference – hoping to welcome 150 relevance specialists to Charlottesville in late…
Building an Effective Search Team: the key to great search & relevancy
What are the key roles in a Search Team and how can you find people to fill them both from within and without your organisation?
Why Search Strategy Is Business Strategy
How your Search strategy should also be your business strategy, and how search helps you make those crucial business decisions.
Think Like a (Remote) Relevance Engineer with our new online training
As I wrote a couple of weeks ago, like everyone else we’ve been rapidly adjusting to the new reality of most if not all of our work having to…
Our COVID-19 response & supporting the relevance community
We’re sorry to burden you with yet another COVID-19 blog to read (everyone seems to have written one – my personal favourites have been from a company selling mattresses…