Ecommerce Podcast
We have released a new podcast series called the ecommerce podcast. We have so many customers with interesting stories and experience we thought it would be useful to collect and share these. The first podcast is with Jeff Douglas from Nebraska Furniture Mart. They're an old company with an interesting past but they are relatively [...]
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SLI Systems Expands Partner Program to Deliver End-to-End Solutions to Customers

Today we announced that we have an expanded partner program that includes a broad range of online marketing, ecommerce platform, analytics and ratings & reviews solutions providers. Our partner program allows online retailers to further integrate industry-leading products and services with SLI’s hosted search solution… read more

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Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West

Next week we’re attending the Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West event in Santa Clara, CA, February 26 – 28, 2008. SLI will be exhibiting (booth #320) and our CEO Shaun Ryan will be speaking on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 2pm – 2:30pm. The topic of Shaun’s presentation is “Internal Search and Navigation – Best […]

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Watch people shop

This is an interesting site that allows you to watch what people are finding at a variety of retailers. It’s a cool gimmick but it’s not the sort of thing I could watch for long. It might be useful if you’re looking for a gift – to get some random ideas. It could then be […]

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Vermont Teddy Bear chooses SLI
Yesterday, we announced that Vermont Teddy Bear Co., the largest manufacturer of American-made teddy bears, and parent company to leading gift sites, Pajama Gram and Calyx Flowers, is using our Learning Search and Site Champion solutions to drive more traffic and better tailor the ecommerce experience for customers to all three of its sites – [...]
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Study shows importance of search
Yet another study shows the importance of site search. This British study on consumer satisfaction was sponsored by RightNow (they provide CRM solutions). It found that 19% of online shoppers abandoned a purchase if the couldn't find specific product information or couldn't ask questions about a product. This reinforces a lot of other data that [...]
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Internet Retailer Web Design ’08 Conference
This week we're exhibiting at the Internet Retailer Web Design '08 Conference in Miami, FL. The theme of the event is Designing Web Sites That Sizzle - and Sell. Visit us at booth 45 for a free demonstration on how our intelligent site search and navigation solutions can improve the design and success of your [...]
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Velingo
I came across a new search company today that I hadn't heard of before: Velingo. It looks like they generate Related Searches to help improve the user experience. I'm a big fan of this and it's an important and popular feature of our site search product. It looks like Velingo is selling this as a [...]
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Channel Intelligence Retail Marketing Summit & Shop.org Strategy and Innovation Forum
Next week we're exhibiting at the Channel Intelligence Retail Marketing Summit and the Shop.org Strategy and Innovation Forum (booth 203). These two online retail events are being held in Orlando, FL between Jan 22 and Jan 24 and are a great way to start your 2008. Please come and see us if you're at the [...]
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