The BERT Search Experience
Welcome back, dear reader, to the BERT search experience! The thing on most people’s minds when they think about search using BERT is “semantic search”. But search is more…
Migrate to Solr or Elasticsearch [or OpenSearch] with this Playbook
Learn how to migrate to Solr or Elasticsearch with a Playbook, as featured in our talk The Search Engine Migration Circus
What is Search in the Omnichannel?
That’s right folks, we’re here to talk about the re-emerging big hype term: omnichannel. Specifically, I want to write a short post on why and how this changes what…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Demystifying nDCG and ERR
Welcome back, dear reader! In this post, we unwrap the mystery behind two popular search relevance metrics through visualization, and discuss their pros and cons. Our subjects for this…
Understanding BERT and Search Relevance
There is a growing topic in search these days. The hype of BERT is all around us, and while it is an amazing breakthrough in contextual representation of unstructured…
Falsehoods Programmers Believe About Search
105 falsehoods programmers believe about search, a complex field where competence is hard-won through training, practice, and experience.
An Introduction to Search Quality
Welcome, dear reader, to my first OSC blog post. Let’s dive in! While search relevance is often equated with ensuring customers find what they need, that is only part…