SLI Systems Realizes 41% Year-over-Year Increase in E-commerce Search Queries

E-commerce acceleration provider served more than 15 billion queries in 2015 fiscal year

SAN JOSE, Calif. – August 4, 2015 – SLI Systems (SLI.NZ), a worldwide e-commerce provider for mid-to-large size Internet retailers and B2B sites, announced its servers handled a record 15.5 billion queries between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015. This increase represents a 41% rise in total traffic year over year, compared to 11.1 billion site search queries handled during the company’s fiscal year 2014. The highest usage month of this period was December, when the holiday shopping season spiked query volume to 1.7 billion in a single month.[us_single_image image=”5767″ align=”center”]SLI Systems helps online retailers increase sales by connecting shoppers with the products they’re most likely to buy. The company’s SaaS-based site search, navigation, merchandising and SEOsolutions deliver experiences optimized for desktops and mobile devices, enabling retailers to deliver consistent and efficient online experiences that increase conversion and sales across channels. More than 1000 e-commerce sites around the globe including Harry & David, Boden, Bras N Things and Sports Authority use SLI solutions to accelerate their online business and achieve impressive measured results.

“The record-level query volume handled by SLI during the past 12 months demonstrates the growing understanding among e-commerce sites worldwide that site search is a critical step in the path to purchase and that it can be optimized to increase sales,” stated Shaun Ryan, CEO, SLI Systems. “With site search users generating on average three times the revenue of site visitors who don’t use search, retailers stand to gain hugely by helping these mission-oriented shoppers find the products they’re seeking to purchase.”

About SLI Systems
SLI Systems (SLI.NZ) enables the world’s leading e-commerce retailers to accelerate sales by connecting shoppers with the products they’re most likely to buy. With offerings that include site search, navigation, merchandising, mobile, product recommendations and user-generated SEO, SLI is the most chosen cloud-based site search provider to U.S. Internet Retailer Top 1,000 retailers. The company’s patented technology continuously learns from the actions of visitors to deliver the most relevant results possible. Whether via PC, tablet or phone, a site powered by SLI delivers the kind of satisfying search experience that increases conversion rates, secures brand loyalty and results in higher order values. SLI operates on five continents. For more information, visit www.sli-systems.com.