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O P T I M I S I N G S E A R C H A N O N -T E C H N I C A L P E R S P E C T I V E P A R T O F A n d r e a s B r u c k n e r S e n i o r M e r c h a n d i s i n g C o n s u l t a n t Just some of the brands and retailers we are helping


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P A R T O F

O P T I M I S I N G S E A R C H A N O N -T E C H N I C A L P E R S P E C T I V E A n d r e a s B r u c k n e r S e n i o r M e r c h a n d i s i n g C o n s u l t a n t

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Luxury brand 1 & Luxury Brand 2

Just some of the brands and retailers we are helping deliver relevant experiences to their shoppers

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1 . B U I L D A D E D I C AT E D S E A R C H T E A M

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  • 1. BUILD A DEDICATED SEARCH TEAM

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Merchandising Team Tech Team Own product performance Own product data Own infrastructure Own features Should do: Good at: Know users and trends Know the shop features

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  • 1. BUILD A DEDICATED SEARCH TEAM

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Merchandising Team Tech Team Own product performance Own product data Own infrastructure Own features Should do: If they own search: Make many small scale changes and create problems that didn’t exist Make too few big changes and solve problems that don’t exist Good at: Know users and trends Know the shop features

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  • 1. BUILD A DEDICATED SEARCH TEAM

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Merchandising Team Tech Team Own product performance Own product data Own infrastructure Own features Own user journey (How to use shop features to find the right products) Should do: If they own search: Make many small scale changes and create problems that didn’t exist Make too few big changes and solve problems that don’t exist Good at: Know users and trends Know the shop features Analyse and generalise

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  • 1. BUILD A DEDICATED SEARCH TEAM

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No dedicated search expert 14%

Ownership of search at top Fredhopper customers:

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  • 1. BUILD A DEDICATED SEARCH TEAM

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Dedicated search expert(s) 19% No dedicated search expert 14%

Ownership of search at top Fredhopper customers:

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  • 1. BUILD A DEDICATED SEARCH TEAM

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Dedicated search expert(s) 19% Dedicated finding expert 67% No dedicated search expert 14%

Ownership of search at top Fredhopper customers:

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2 . S E T R E A L I ST I C E X P E C TAT I O N S

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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Precision Recall Score

  • 2. SET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Precision Recall Score

  • 2. SET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

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Benchmark

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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Precision Recall Score

  • 2. SET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

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Benchmark

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0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Precision Recall Score

  • 2. SET REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS

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Benchmark £1 m to £50m p.a.

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3 . B U I L D AWA R E N E S S A C R O S S T H E O R G A N I S AT I O N

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  • 3. BUILD AWARENESS ACROSS THE ORGANISATION

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Wrong data

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  • 3. BUILD AWARENESS ACROSS THE ORGANISATION

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Wrong data In Inconsistent data

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  • 3. BUILD AWARENESS ACROSS THE ORGANISATION

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Wrong data In Inconsistent data Mis isle leading data

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4 . M E A S U R E T H E R I G H T T H I N G S

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  • 4. MEASURE THE RIGHT THINGS

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 0.00% 1.00% 2.00% 3.00% 4.00% 5.00% 6.00% 7.00% 8.00% 9.00% Search CVR

Started changes

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  • 4. MEASURE THE RIGHT THINGS

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 0.00% 1.00% 2.00% 3.00% 4.00% 5.00% 6.00% 7.00% 8.00% 9.00% Signficant visits CVR Search CVR

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  • 4. MEASURE THE RIGHT THINGS

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0.00% 1.00% 2.00% 3.00% 4.00% 5.00% 6.00% 7.00% 8.00% 9.00% 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 120% 140% 160% Search NCVR Signficant visits CVR Search CVR

Started changes

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0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49

PDP clicks per search session Week

Search PVR

Started changes

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  • 4. MEASURE THE RIGHT THINGS

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0.00 0.10 0.20 0.30 0.40 0.50 0.60 0.70 0.80 0.90 1.00 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51

PDP clicks per search session Week

Search PVR

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  • 4. MEASURE THE RIGHT THINGS
  • Online evaluation
  • Search result click rate
  • MRR of first click
  • Search refinement rate
  • Offline evaluation
  • Precision@1
  • Precision@4
  • Precision (all results)
  • Recall

+ additional low level metrics

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5 . B U I L D A M E A S U R E M E N T F R A M E W O R K

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  • 5. BUILD A MEASUREMENT FRAMEWORK

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74% 13% 8% 5% € - € 0.10 € 0.20 € 0.30 € 0.40 € 0.50 € 0.60 € 0.70 € 0.80 € 0.90 € 1.00 Value per search Exact match Spellcheck Partial match No results

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6 . M I X O N L I N E A N D O F F L I N E E VA LUAT I O N

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  • 6. MIX ONLINE AND OFFLINE EVALUATION

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Weekly: Operational analysis

  • Find areas to

improve

Monthly: tactical analysis

  • Evaluate

performance

Ad-hoc analysis

  • Evaluate

impact of new features

Bi-annually: strategic analysis

  • Find pattern
  • Find shifts in

behaviour

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  • 6. MIX ONLINE AND OFFLINE EVALUATION

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Weekly: Operational analysis

  • Find areas to

improve

Monthly: tactical analysis

  • Evaluate

performance

Ad-hoc analysis

  • Evaluate

impact of new features

Bi-annually: strategic analysis

  • Find pattern
  • Find shifts in

behaviour

Online evaluation Offline evaluation

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7 . E C O M M E R C E I S D I F F E R E N T

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  • 7. ECOMMERCE IS DIFFERENT

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dress

Name Summer dress Category Casual dresses, Beach dresses Style Skater dress Name Evening dress Category Evening wear Style Formal

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8 . STA R T W I T H U S E R N E E D S

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Product Type Brand Product Features Individual Product Per ercentage of

  • f sea

searches

  • 8. START WITH USER NEEDS

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78% 44% 34% 5% 14% 0.2% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Product Type Brand Product Features Individual Product Gender Size Per ercentage of

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searches

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9 . D O N ’ T F I X W H AT C A N ’ T B E F I X E D

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  • 9. DON’T FIX WHAT CAN’T BE FIXED

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1 0 . Q UA N T I F Y A L L C H A N G E S

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  • 10. QUANTIFY ALL CHANGES

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Increase revenue UX: improve search results Add searchable attributes +16% to 28% search PVR +8% to 14% search CVR +3% to 6%

  • verall CVR

+£15m to £30m annual revenue £500m annual revenue 40% of revenue from search +1% PVR = +0.5% CVR

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S U M M A RY

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SUMMARY

  • 1. Build a dedicated search team
  • 2. Set realistic expectations (no 100% search quality)
  • 3. Build awareness in the wider company (with buying team, etc.)
  • 4. Measure the right things
  • 5. Build a KPI framework
  • 6. Mix online and offline evaluation
  • 7. Ecommerce is different
  • 8. Start with user needs, not features
  • 9. Don’t fix what can’t be fixed.

10.Quantify all changes

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Organisation Measurement Optimisation

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C O N TA C T U S

F O R G E N E R A L E N Q U I R I E S sayhello@attraqt.com www.attraqt.com +44 (0) 20 3675 7800 C O N T A C T M E Andreas Bruckner abrueckner@attraqt.com