Updated version of this presentation, as presented at #mm16ro on 28th October 2016. Find out more about the features of product search in Magento 2. Learn about search operators, MySQL fulltext search and more. At the end, you will find tips how to improve the user experience, either using Magento 2 default tools, extensions or external search engines.

1. Seek and ye shall find
Product Search in Magento 2
Friday, October 28th 2016
Sonja Riesterer – integer_net – @sonjarierr

2. Hello!
I’m Sonja Riesterer
Marketing Manager at integer_net
Twitter @sonjarierr

3. Product Search

4. “
“Seek and ye shall find”, they say, but they don’t
say what you’ll find.
── American McGee’s Alice

5. What will you find?
◦ Products
◦ Categories
◦ CMS Pages

6. What will you find?
◦ Products
◦ Categories
◦ CMS Pages

7. Good product search

8. Criteria for a Good Product Search
◦ Results
◦ Speed
◦ Usability

9. Results

10. Differences between Magento 1 & 2
Magento 1.x
◦ MySQL
- Like
- Fulltext
- Combine
◦ Solr (EE)
Magento 2.1 +
◦ MySQL
- Fulltext
◦ Elasticsearch (EE)

11. Fulltext

12. Simple Search Term

13. Partial Words

14. Precision vs. Recall
vs.

15. Search Operator AND

16. Search Operator OR

17. Compound Search Term

18. Number of Search Results
20
79
103
Hoodie Black Hoodie Black Hoodie Zip

19. Precision vs. Recall

20. Speed

21. “ It depends.
── Everyone

22. Usability

23. Filters

24. Redirects

25. Fuzzy Search

26. Suggestions & Recommendations

27. How to improve it

28. How to improve it
◦ Magento‘s default tools
◦ Extensions
◦ External search engines

29. Magento‘s default tools

30. Use the force!
◦ Kick out useless suggestions
◦ Set up synonyms
◦ Redirects rule
◦ Recommendations (EE)

31. Search Terms

32. Attributes
◦ Use in search
◦ Search weight
◦ Use as filter

33. Extensions

34. Extensions

35. External Search Engines

36. External Search Engines
◦ Elasticsearch
◦ Solr
◦ Celebros
◦ Sphinx
◦ Google Custom Search
◦ SLI Learning Search

37. Elasticsearch
◦ Integrated in Enterprise Edition 2.1 +
▫ Stop words (and, the)
▫ Synonyms
▫ Attribute weighting

38. Solr
◦ Was planned for Enterprise Edition
◦ Configuration included in current EE
„The example Solr configuration is not intended
to be used in a production site.“
──Developer Documentation

39. IntegerNet_Solr
◦ Solr extension for Magento 2
◦ Port of M1 extension
If interested, please contact me!
@sonjarierr sr@integer-net.com

40. Bonus: Tech Details
◦ Search API
▫ Product Name
▫ Relevance Value
▫ Order
▫ HTML & Details from MySQL

41. Sources
◦Configure Solr and Magento - Developer Documentation
http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/config-guide/solr/solr-magento.html
◦FIX Magento Search Please! #622 – Magento 2 GitHub Issue
https://github.com/magento/magento2/issues/622
◦integer_net Blog about the Choice Between Solr and Elasticsearch
https://www.integer-net.com/solr-or-elasticsearch/
◦integer_net Blog about the Choice Between Solr and Elasticsearch
https://www.integer-net.com/and-or-magento-search-types-search-operators/
◦Icons – Means of Communication
http://www.elegantthemes.com (Creative Commons BY 3.0)
◦Magento 2 Extensions on Magento Connect
https://marketplace.magento.com/extensions/content-customizations/site-search-
navigation.html
◦The new way of searching in Magento 2 by Igor Minyaylo
http://www.slideshare.net/maghamed/the-new-way-of-searching-in-magento-2