It's Feb. 2010, where's the *New* Smart Search?
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Originally Posted by wjbrewer
New Smart Search Available Jan/Feb '09.
Over the past several months I have re-written then entire engine to the Smart Search. New features are: - 30-500% faster on the customer side.
- Product Options included in search.
- Custom index that doesn't rely on the MySQL stopwords and word length limits for improved search results.
- Switching to the Advanced search form doesn't require a page reload (It slides in with a JavaScript effect).
- Faster index building in the admin (about 5 seconds for every minute it currently takes).
- Improved algorithm with relevancy based on word distance.
- Improved support for 1-3 letter words.
- Improved support for dashed words and SKUs (for example XX-123 and XX123 will now match).
- Eliminated the 50% common word threshold.
- New search query that can be fully customized by the end user for easier integration X-Cart customizations and other modules.
There will also be two new add-ons for the Smart Search available separately (see thumbnail below):
1. A quick filter mechanism to limit quickly view search results by by price, category, or manufacturer.
2. A drop down auto complete / product suggestion tool that will suggest words, other popular queries, and matching products to the customer while they type in a search query.
Please see the screen shot below (may change for the final release).
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