Comments on: 15 Things to Ask Your Site Search Vendor http://www.getelastic.com/site-search-vendor-checklist/ #1 Subscribed Ecommerce Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 02:57:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Luciana Lanteyhttp://www.getelastic.com/site-search-vendor-checklist/comment-page-1/#comment-23230 Luciana Lantey Mon, 31 May 2010 20:32:45 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/?p=8635#comment-23230 Your SEO tips are great and will surely help those in the SEO game. Please keep it going. Your SEO tips are great and will surely help those in the SEO game. Please keep it going.

]]> By: Janhttp://www.getelastic.com/site-search-vendor-checklist/comment-page-1/#comment-23073 Jan Tue, 25 May 2010 07:08:25 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/?p=8635#comment-23073 Linda, thanks for your long answer! I'll definitely check out some of the providers on that list. Linda, thanks for your long answer! I’ll definitely check out some of the providers on that list.

]]> By: Linda Bustoshttp://www.getelastic.com/site-search-vendor-checklist/comment-page-1/#comment-23027 Linda Bustos Sat, 22 May 2010 19:33:26 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/?p=8635#comment-23027 Hi Jan, A comparison would be really helpful, but the problem is there are so many site search vendors! To really give a fair and comprehensive review to each, I would need to demo/use each vendor and also do vendor interviews. Otherwise I would be regurgitating marketing spiel from their websites, which may not be an accurate representation of the strengths and weaknesses of each tool. Companies like Forrester Research do bake-offs for enterprise search. The latest Enterprise Search Wave was in 2008, and compared Autonomy, Coveo, Endeca, FAST, Google Search Appliance, IBM, Inquira, Microsoft, Oracle, Recommind and Vivisio. These are enterprise search tools - so they may be too expensive for some online retailers. So solutions like SLI Systems, Nextopia and EasyAsk may be more along your lines. But like ecommerce software, which solution is best for you depends on the above criteria. You could look into the following and create your short list: Endeca Adobe/Omniture SLI Systems GSI Commerce Celebros EasyAsk Nextopia Google FAST Autonomy iPhrase Verity Yahoo Active Decisions Lucene (Open Source) Baynote Mercado Easy2 Thunderstone Remember, your ideal solution is based on your requirements and search optimization strategy :) Hi Jan,

A comparison would be really helpful, but the problem is there are so many site search vendors! To really give a fair and comprehensive review to each, I would need to demo/use each vendor and also do vendor interviews. Otherwise I would be regurgitating marketing spiel from their websites, which may not be an accurate representation of the strengths and weaknesses of each tool.

Companies like Forrester Research do bake-offs for enterprise search. The latest Enterprise Search Wave was in 2008, and compared Autonomy, Coveo, Endeca, FAST, Google Search Appliance, IBM, Inquira, Microsoft, Oracle, Recommind and Vivisio. These are enterprise search tools – so they may be too expensive for some online retailers. So solutions like SLI Systems, Nextopia and EasyAsk may be more along your lines. But like ecommerce software, which solution is best for you depends on the above criteria. You could look into the following and create your short list:

Endeca
Adobe/Omniture
SLI Systems
GSI Commerce
Celebros
EasyAsk
Nextopia
Google
FAST
Autonomy
iPhrase
Verity
Yahoo
Active Decisions
Lucene (Open Source)
Baynote
Mercado
Easy2
Thunderstone

Remember, your ideal solution is based on your requirements and search optimization strategy :)

]]> By: Janhttp://www.getelastic.com/site-search-vendor-checklist/comment-page-1/#comment-23007 Jan Fri, 21 May 2010 13:58:37 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/?p=8635#comment-23007 Linda, an overview (and comparison?) of site search vendors would be a great article! Linda, an overview (and comparison?) of site search vendors would be a great article!

]]> By: Alex Fisherhttp://www.getelastic.com/site-search-vendor-checklist/comment-page-1/#comment-23006 Alex Fisher Fri, 21 May 2010 13:41:10 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/?p=8635#comment-23006 Great article. Some readers might be interested in checking-out Apache Solr, an open-source enterprise search system. I've seen a lot of web sites start using this in the Drupal world and it's worth a look. Great article. Some readers might be interested in checking-out Apache Solr, an open-source enterprise search system. I’ve seen a lot of web sites start using this in the Drupal world and it’s worth a look.

]]> By: Christian, Baymard Institutehttp://www.getelastic.com/site-search-vendor-checklist/comment-page-1/#comment-23004 Christian, Baymard Institute Fri, 21 May 2010 12:06:42 +0000 http://www.getelastic.com/?p=8635#comment-23004 Nice checklist. Especially synonym and spellcheck is vital for e-commerce search usability. Nice checklist. Especially synonym and spellcheck is vital for e-commerce search usability.

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