Comments on: Color Keyword Search: Who Passed With Flying Colors? http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/ #1 Subscribed Ecommerce Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:54:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Ser rico es malo!!, pero no para los Chavistas come mierda — Clocks and Watches Blog http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/comment-page-1/#comment-10749 Ser rico es malo!!, pero no para los Chavistas come mierda — Clocks and Watches Blog Sun, 14 Oct 2007 03:46:43 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/#comment-10749 [...] on the red tank top to find out why it was considered relevant to my search, I assume source: Color Keyword Search: Who Passed With Flying…, Ecommerce Blog, Articles, and Tips for Online Retail [...] [...] on the red tank top to find out why it was considered relevant to my search, I assume source: Color Keyword Search: Who Passed With Flying…, Ecommerce Blog, Articles, and Tips for Online Retail [...]

]]> By: Linda Bustos http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/comment-page-1/#comment-10747 Linda Bustos Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:49:41 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/#comment-10747 @ Andrew (is this a Twitter convention now? LOL) I agree with Jason. After checking out Google's overview of the site search, I'm not crazy about it for e-commerce because it doesn't offer more advanced search configuration options which would really boost an e-commerce site's search usability. It's not like Google Analytics where they acquired a robust, paid software (urchin) and offered it free, they're taking their own search technology and charging a modest annual fee. Mercado, Celebros et. al are more expensive, but who knows, one day Google might buy one of the leading site search companies and make it free for everybody...??? @ Andrew (is this a Twitter convention now? LOL)

I agree with Jason. After checking out Google’s overview of the site search, I’m not crazy about it for e-commerce because it doesn’t offer more advanced search configuration options which would really boost an e-commerce site’s search usability. It’s not like Google Analytics where they acquired a robust, paid software (urchin) and offered it free, they’re taking their own search technology and charging a modest annual fee. Mercado, Celebros et. al are more expensive, but who knows, one day Google might buy one of the leading site search companies and make it free for everybody…???

]]> By: Jason Billingsley http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/comment-page-1/#comment-10745 Jason Billingsley Mon, 23 Jul 2007 19:25:25 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/#comment-10745 @ Andrew In-site search purely depends on the type of product you sell. If they are attribute rich like consumer electronics, shoppers often need a means to filter results. I do not believe the new Google Custom Search offers this kind of drill down capability. It also only displays pages in which the main Google index contains. You are dependent on the googlebot to come crawl your site and find any additional pages you may have. I am not 100% sure, but I believe a weakness may be color searches (or similar). If someone searches for periwinkle but you only have a 'blue' attribute, the page will not be uncovered. Most third party site search solutions like Mercado or Celebros account for things like that (or can be 'trained'). @ Andrew
In-site search purely depends on the type of product you sell. If they are attribute rich like consumer electronics, shoppers often need a means to filter results. I do not believe the new Google Custom Search offers this kind of drill down capability. It also only displays pages in which the main Google index contains. You are dependent on the googlebot to come crawl your site and find any additional pages you may have. I am not 100% sure, but I believe a weakness may be color searches (or similar). If someone searches for periwinkle but you only have a ‘blue’ attribute, the page will not be uncovered. Most third party site search solutions like Mercado or Celebros account for things like that (or can be ‘trained’).

]]> By: Andrew Smith http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/comment-page-1/#comment-10743 Andrew Smith Mon, 23 Jul 2007 18:56:49 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/#comment-10743 Would you recommend Google's new "Custom Search Business Edition" for an e-commerce site? I'm referring to the $100 a year version where you can remove the ads. We're looking for a search solution for our site, Yuppiechef, and I've read with interest your comments about the necessity to get site search right. On the strength of your convictions we removed the in-house search solution that we had on the site until we could find something more powerful! Our site has about 600 pages in Google at the moment, covering about 400 different unique products and categories. Thanks for the help. Andrew Would you recommend Google’s new “Custom Search Business Edition” for an e-commerce site? I’m referring to the $100 a year version where you can remove the ads.

We’re looking for a search solution for our site, Yuppiechef, and I’ve read with interest your comments about the necessity to get site search right. On the strength of your convictions we removed the in-house search solution that we had on the site until we could find something more powerful!

Our site has about 600 pages in Google at the moment, covering about 400 different unique products and categories.

Thanks for the help.

Andrew

]]> By: Jason Billingsley http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/comment-page-1/#comment-10741 Jason Billingsley Wed, 18 Jul 2007 17:54:43 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/ecommerce-site-search-by-color/#comment-10741 Color is a huge area ecommerce sites fail in. Virtually none of the retailers in the apparel segment search engine optimize pages for color. Think about how many people use color to filter products! Ever meet a bride who didn't know what her wedding colors are when shopping for accessories, bridesmaid dresses, etc.? Color is a huge area ecommerce sites fail in. Virtually none of the retailers in the apparel segment search engine optimize pages for color. Think about how many people use color to filter products! Ever meet a bride who didn’t know what her wedding colors are when shopping for accessories, bridesmaid dresses, etc.?

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