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During the summer of 2020, we got in touch with Netlify. We both wanted to work more closely together, and Netlify suggested we build an official integration for adding search on any Netlify...

We recently released the Algolia Netlify plugin. You can read more about the plugin, watch an intro, or get started with right away. Algolia is a flexible search and navigation platform, which...

People and machines routinely exchange information via voice or text interface. But will machines ever be able to understand — and respond appropriately to — a person’s emotional state, nuanced...

Your team works hard to produce, curate and polish thousands of quality content pieces, but most of them are buried once they’ve been live for a week or two. Your readers, meanwhile, grapple to...

Today, Algolia is very excited to launch our latest AI capabilities, moving us one step forward in our mission to help businesses of any size take control of how people search, discover, and find...

For retail teams, there’ll be nothing normal — not even “new normal”  — this holiday season. US e-commerce saw a 10 year growth in the first 3 months of this year, and some of our customers saw...

Great mobile search is table stakes. This year, before COVID struck Europe and the Americas, 66% of internet users used a mobile phone or tablet to buy. [Datareportal] Users are deeply...

We think it’s fair to say we are experts on site search. We have over 9000 customers large and small, including some of world’s top brands like Under Armour, Lacoste, Medium and Twitch. Why, then,...

We all know that a generic site experience doesn’t cut it any longer. A lot goes into creating a great user experience that’s tailored to different individual interests and needs — and it’s very...

Curious about how important site search is for e-commerce? Look no further. We compiled some of the most interesting and important statistics about site search, and its direct or indirect impact...

We partnered with Digital Commerce 360 for the 2nd time to survey retailers about impact of site search on revenue and KPIs such as conversion rates (results of last survey are here). We asked 108...

Relevance is one of the most important attributes of good site search. But it isn’t something you can just flip a switch and turn on. Honing search results for relevance is a process of trial and...

Few e-commerce search engines actually do their job: helping customers easily find what they’re looking for. The key word here is “easily”. The frustration involved in the overall product search...

AI is a key part of Algolia’s strategy. We are continually investing in AI to enhance and extend our existing battle-tested solutions to the most complex problems in search. With 1 trillion...

Shopify businesses of all sizes can ride a new wave of increased opportunity with effective search solutions that enhance their shoppers’ experience. The built-in Shopify search works well, but...

Until today, if you wanted to use speech to text in browsers across desktop and mobile, you were either limited to browsers that offered native support (currently just Chrome and Edge, plus...

Relevant search results are paramount for creating a rewarding search journey that feels personalized and thoughtful. Today’s users search from many different devices with different restrictions,...