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Shall we play a game?
Shall we play a game?
Love to. How about Search Best Practices?
Shall we play a game?
Love to. How about Search Best Practices?
Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
Shall we play a game?
Love to. How about Search Best Practices?
Wouldn't you prefer a good game of chess?
Let's play Search Best Practices.
Level Up: Everything you need to know about search, you
learned playing video games
Level Up: Everything you need to know about search, you
learned playing video games
Grant Ingersoll
CTO, Lucidworks
@gsingers
Common pitfalls
UI
Second is the first loser?
Fig. 1: Losers?
Don't get stuck in the pit.
Pet peeve queries
Oprah effect
You get more traffic!
Everybody gets more traffic!
You get more traffic!
Assumptions
Time is your friend.
Spatial data is everywhere.
Are you accounting for user behavior?
In my country,
data finds you.
Assemble the pieces.
Use your voice.
Holistic Relevance
Algorithms Collective Intelligence Editors/Rules
The mainstay of any approach: leverages Lucene/Solr’s built in similarity engine, function queries and other capabilities to determine importance based on core index
Especially effective for curating the long tail, feedback from users and other systems provide key insights into importance. Can also be used to inform the business about trends and interests.
Should be used sparingly to handle key situations such as promotions and edge cases. Review often. Encourage experimentation instead. Works well for landing pages, boosts and blocks where you know the answers. Not to be confused with curating content.
Replace ME
What you need...
...is a plan.
Always be learning.
Slide Title
Ready for some free play?
Grant Ingersoll
CTO, Lucidworks
@gsingers
