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24 MAR 2024
Algolia
Faster searches enhance revenue, and Algolia's swift search service excels at this. Tailored for Magento or Adobe Commerce platforms, it ensures smooth integration. As an official partner of Algolia, DELABYTE provides expert support. We guide shop owners through Algolia's integration process and help with integration.
Algolia search at a Glance
What is Algolia?
Algolia creates 'Algolia Search,' a search engine. Additionally, it provides 'Algolia Recommend,' a recommendation engine. The name 'Algolia' typically signifies its renowned search feature. Algolia, with more than 11,000 customers, leads in global enterprise search platforms.
How does Algolia integrate with Magento?
Algolia operates as a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, offering a specialized module for Magento. This module enables detailed customization of the search service. Algolia's servers quickly index product data, ensuring fast and relevant search results. These results are then seamlessly integrated into the Magento shop, using customizable templates.
What is the cost of Algolia?
The monthly cost of Algolia varies with webshop traffic. In the standard 'algolia search' plan, it charges 1 dollar per 1,000 search queries. Well-visited shops may incur costs of several hundred euros monthly. Yet, the higher conversion rate offsets these expenses.
Accelerate Product Search with Algolia
Efficient search is crucial for online shopping success. Slow searches or missing results can hurt sales. Magento and Adobe Commerce offer good search features with Elasticsearch. This suits many shops well. Large online shops prioritizing user experience may need extra support. For them, we recommend external search services like Algolia. It's fast, runs in 70 data centers worldwide, and offers near-perfect uptime.
"Algolia's search is lightning-fast. It's paired with customized result displays. This combination boosts user comfort and conversion rates for shop operators."
Algolia Setup in Magento: Module & Template Adjustments
Setting up Algolia in Magento is simple with its comprehensive backend module. This module enables detailed configuration for seamless integration. It includes specifying filters, sorting options, and supported category pages. Algolia syncs product data for quick indexing on regular intervals. Users enjoy lightning-fast search and category page loading. Results are available in mere milliseconds.
The display of the results is possible via a Magento-side template. This template can be adapted to adjust the tiles of the displayed products. It allows for the customization of filters. Changing navigation elements to match the shop's design is also possible. Visitors cannot tell that an external search service is being used.
Incorporating Recommendations as a Hosted Service
The Algolia service for recommendations, Algolia Recommend, functions similarly to the search service. Tracking is set up to log product clicks and associated sales. Using this data, Algolia generates AI-driven recommendations. These recommendations are easy integrated into product pages. The cloud-based recommendation service provides online shop operators with new opportunities. They can enhance cross-selling and up-selling efforts.
Implementation in Combination with Hyvä
At Delabyte, we've implemented this technology combination for the online spirits shop Feingeist. This has resulted in improved search speed and increased customer satisfaction.