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[Stizerg]

Originally Posted by herber@wirehub.nl

Is it required to run the install just for the update from 1.3.4 to 1.3.5? I have currently just updated all the files and it seems to work fine.

Don't forget to create new table:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS xcart_cs_search_pids(
    id INT(11),
    rank INT(11) AUTO_INCREMENT,
    KEY (id), KEY (rank)
);

[herber@wirehub.nl]

Originally Posted by Stizerg

Don't forget to create new table:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS xcart_cs_search_pids(
    id INT(11),
    rank INT(11) AUTO_INCREMENT,
    KEY (id), KEY (rank)
);

Thanks. I ran the installation file and it created the table.

[NikitaP]

Hi guys,

I am pleased to announce that CloudSearch gets Synonyms!

Synonyms can be used to fine-tune your customers' search experience by specifying queries that should be treated equally. For example if you want "TV", "Television", "TV set" and "Television set" to all be equivalent, just place these queries in a single synonym group:

http://cdn.qualiteamsoftwar.netdna-cdn.com/images/synonyms_small.png

While the most common use for this feature is lexical synonyms such as "sneakers" and "sport shoes", the more advanced and creative scenarios are indeed possible and can be beneficial for overall site search performance. One can use synonyms to redirect problematical queries returning few or no results at all (Tip: use Statistics feature to discover them) to some good results. In that sense synonyms can be thought of as a more generalized form of a Promotions feature. One other context where synonyms can be useful for enhancing site search is multilingual product (or brand) names. You can make queries with localized brand names to return correct results by just putting "correct" and "incorrect" queries in a single synonym group. Also, synonyms can be used to fix incorrect but nevertheless common misspellings of product titles, brands or other names in complicated situations where automatic spelling corrections are unable to help.

As with Promotions the new feature is immediately available to all paid and free trial CloudSearch accounts (no need to upgrade your X-Cart connector modules).

Your feedback is greatly appreciated. As always, I will be more than happy to answer your questions.

Thank you for your attention.

[NikitaP]

Hello guys!

I'm thrilled to announce that we have accomplished a major upgrade of CloudSearch's server-side stuff. And I have some great news for all us performance geeks and merchants looking for a way to present an even more pleasant search experience to their customers. Starting off this week, CloudSearch runs on a completely new hardware and upgraded software which immediately showed a huge performance gain: average search request processing time dropped from 55 milliseconds to 25 milliseconds!

A couple of pictures with more details on the distribution of search request processing time:

The old one:
http://cdn.qualiteamsoftwar.netdna-cdn.com/images/cloudsearch_old_55ms_small.png


... and the new one:
http://cdn.qualiteamsoftwar.netdna-cdn.com/images/cloudsearch_new_25ms_small.png

It can be seen, for example, that 95th percentile (which simply means the time that 95% of all random requests take to complete) decreased from 150-160 ms to 70-80ms.

Ok, customer satisfaction is great. But how could it affect your sales conversions in a more direct way, you would ask? It appears that the faster and the more responsive the search is, the more requests customers issue. We already see a 15% increase in customer's search activity based on our daily and weekly measurements. We're pretty sure that the overall effect of this will be nothing but positive.

And, as a bonus, we've implemented a new feature - On-demand indexation. Just added a significant amount of products and don't want to wait for the next re-indexation? No problem, simply press the button:

http://cdn.qualiteamsoftwar.netdna-cdn.com/images/on_demand_indexation.png

(the feature is available on all paid plans as well as on a free trial).

Thank you for your attention and your feedback is greatly appreciated!

[BBM_]

Excellent news and it's great to see this module always improving!

[BBM_]

I went to download the latest version (as I am overdue for an update) and I get the following error,

The version of the add-on module being installed does not match the version of your X-Cart installation

Is there any issue with the distribution packs as I downloaded the correct version.

[NikitaP]

Originally Posted by BBM_

I went to download the latest version (as I am overdue for an update) and I get the following error,

The version of the add-on module being installed does not match the version of your X-Cart installation

Is there any issue with the distribution packs as I downloaded the correct version.

Could you please let me know which X-Cart version do you use? You can send me a PM.

[BBM_]

Hi Nikita,

In this case this is for a 4.4.4 version store.

Many thanks

[NikitaP]

Originally Posted by BBM_

Hi Nikita,

In this case this is for a 4.4.4 version store.

Many thanks

Hi Dan,

I have just tried to install the latest CloudSearch on a fresh installation of X-Cart 4.4.4, and it went fine. I suggest you to open the ticket in the HelpDesk, so that we can troubleshoot the issue in your store. Please mention this forum post.

[BBM_]

Thanks Nikita and ticket logged