If you’ve invested time and energy in an effective, relevant results-oriented site search solution, you’ve probably seen an impact on your web site – higher conversions for people who use the search box, perhaps even a larger average order size for people who search. But have you wondered if your site search is delivering all […]
When people search your site, it’s not enough to just provide a page of results – no matter how relevant the results are (although admittedly, relevance in results does count for a lot). Customers often need added incentive to click a result and make a purchase, and merchandising your site search results pages is a […]
Site search and site search reporting are critical parts of your online business success. If you’re not doing so already, you should review your site search reports regularly to make sure your visitors are finding what they seek – AND that you’re using the language of your customers on your site. Did you also know […]
This week we’re offering a couple tips on how to improve relevance of your site search, and also how to leverage data in your site search reports to make improvements. Our own research shows that if people can’t find what they’re looking for on your site within the first few minutes, they’re likely to leave […]
This week’s tips – taken from nearly 80 tips in our “The Big Book of Site Search Tips” – focus on refinements in site search. Refinements refer to the filters or categories you create that allow site visitors to narrow the results of a search, so they only see products that fit certain criteria (e.g. […]
Download the Big Book of Site Search Tips Improving the look and feel—and usability—of your site’s search feature usually requires more than one change. Many small changes and enhancements can add up to a major impact on site search, speeding up the search process for site visitors and boosting the likelihood that they’ll make a […]
Today we’ll share a few more tips from our new white paper “The Big Book of Site Search Tips” (available for free download). As we mentioned last week, the full paper includes nearly 80 tips and suggestions for ways to make small improvements to your web site search to see big results. Here are a […]
We recently posted an interview with Braden Hoeppneer from Coastal Contacts. One of the coolest things I found out from Braden is way they’re using social media to sell glasses (a relatively new product line for them). They have a virtual mirror application that lets you up upload a photo and see what the glasses […]
As mentioned in our earlier post, we’re starting a new series of tips here on our blog for improving your site search, as part of our new whitepaper “The Big Book of Site Search Tips” that’s now available. Here is the first batch of tips for you to consider. We’ll be back with another batch […]
Today we’re kicking off a new series of blog posts with tips for improving your on-site search. The series is part of a new SLI Systems whitepaper called the “Big Book of Site Search Tips”. The whitepaper contains nearly 80 tips for how companies can improve the look and feel and the relevance of search results […]