Extended Search Magento ExtensionUSER GUIDE

MageWorx | August 2013

Table of Contents:

1. Extension Usage2. Priority of Attributes3. Search by Attributes4. Search Queries Accuracy5. Standard Results vs Extended Search

Log into Admin Panel ->System ->Configuration->MageWorx tab ->Tweaks. Make sure ‘Extended Search’ is enabled.

Search Query Accuracy

changes how the search should work for complex queries

Search by Attributes

enables/disables attributes selector on the front-end

Priority Multiplier

specifies a priority multiplier for ‘search weights’ calculation

* Extended Search uses its own search algorithm based on ‘weight’ of every product, being calculated dynamically for each search query. The algorithm is similar to what is used in major search engines, when each result is sorted based on its ‘weight’ to search queries. This makes the results incredibly relevant.

Priority of Attributes

Extended Search allows changing a priority of each product’s attribute.

This priority means how important every attribute will be in search results.

Example, if a ‘name’ attribute has the highest priority, the products that have a search keyword in their nameswill be higher in search results that other products.

The algorithm of ‘weight’ calculation is not so obvious, but the example helps tounderstand how priority of attributes is used

Search by Attributes

Extended Search allows displaying attributes selector on the front-end near the search box. It helps to narrow down the search results and find more accurate results.

Example, if a customer wants to find the products by ‘Apple’ only, he can choose ‘Brand’attribute and search only by ‘Apple’ brand.

Attributes that are marked as‘Use in Advance Search’ aredisplayed in this selector:

Search Queries AccuracyExtended Search allows admin to choose how the search should work for complex

search queries. There are 3 possible ways:

Anythe search will find the products that have the whole search query, separate words from the search query and all the combinations of the words of this query.

Example, if a customer is searching for “Nokia Lumia”, it will find the products that suit the exact match, then it will find the products that have “Nokia” and “Lumia” keywords and the combinations like “Lumia Nokia”.

All the search will find the products that have the whole search query, all the combinations of the words of this query and the products, which include the words from the search query written separately.

Example, if a customer is searching for “Nokia Lumia”, it will find the goods that suit the exact match, then the goods that have the combinations like “Lumia Nokia” and then the goods that have the text like “Nokia is the best smartphone. Lumia is the nice model.”

Exact the search will find the products that will suit the exact match of the search query only.

Example, if a customer is searching for “Nokia Lumia”, it will find the products that suit “Nokia Lumia” only.

Magento search results WITHOUTExtended Search

Magento search results WITH

Extended Search

Thank You!

Install Extended Search Magento Extension:http://www.mageworx.com/extended-search-magento-extension.html

MageWorx | August 2013