And the winner is…

We had a great time at the Internet Retailer Conference last week in Chicago. It is very stimulating talking to so many people, including online retailers, industry experts, and the other vendors. SLI sponsored the opening reception on the Monday night and we gave away a MacBook Air (from our Cupertino neighbor, Apple) – this […]

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Internet Retailer Conference

Next week we’re traveling to Chicago for the Internet Retailer Conference. We’re exhibiting at booth #655 (near the front of the exhibit hall). We’re also hosting a series of presentations with our partners – CORESense, PowerReviews, WebLinc, ExactTarget, Trinity Insight, and DMinSite will demonstrate how their leading technologies along with SLI Systems advanced site search […]

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GC Expo – London, UK

Next week on June 10 – 11, we will be exhibiting at the GC 2008expo at Earls Court, London. GC 2008expo is the leading public sector IT event in the UK. It’s the exhibition and conference where public servants come to see the very latest technologies in action and to discover the solutions to the […]

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The need for speed

We strive to continually improve the service that we offer our customers. One part of that is ensuring that the search and navigation pages load quickly. The graph below shows how the average time (to serve the complete search page) for one of our customers has improved over the last 12 months. Even though this […]

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April / May Newsletter – Using site search data for more

Our April and May newsletters contain a two part article on using your site search for more than just people visiting your web site or e-commerce site. We discuss using site search for search marketing, customer service teams, in-store kiosks, targeted emails and more.

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Spencer’s and Spirit Halloween now using SLI

Today we’re announcing that Spencer’s and its sister company, costume retailer Spirit Halloween are using our Learning Search and Site Champion services. Spencer’s sells humorous gifts and Spirit Halloween sells costumes.    The two e-commerce sites (the company also operates brick-and-mortar locations around the country) see their biggest traffic around Halloween and Christmas. It’s important […]

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YouTube Search Suggestions

Last week You Tube announced that they will optionally show you search suggestions as you type. I really like this feature – it helps people formulate queries in an intuitive and familiar way. Most browsers have a similar functionality that will show previous queries you have entered – so people don’t have to learn anything […]

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