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WHAT DO THEY WANT? OPTIMIZING SEARCH W HEN USERS ENTER BROAD TERMS About Me: Lisa K. From : Wisconsin Currently Live : Chicago, IL Education : Marketing Career Path : Merchandiser > Analyst > Product Owner Industries: B2C Retail, Grocery,


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WHAT DO THEY WANT?

OPTIMIZING SEARCH W HEN USERS ENTER BROAD TERMS

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About Me: Lisa K.

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WHAT DO THEY WANT?

From: Wisconsin Currently Live: Chicago, IL Education: Marketing Career Path: Merchandiser > Analyst > Product Owner Industries: B2C Retail, Grocery, B2B Maintenance, Medical Current Role: Sr. Product Owner, Search at Medline Interests: Mountain Biking, Hiking, Traveling, Reading

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WHAT’S A BROAD SEARCH?

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KEYWORD VOLUME # KEYWORDS

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Women’s Red Cashmere Sweater KEYWORD VOLUME # KEYWORDS

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WHAT DO THEY WANT?

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Sweat ater KEYWORD VOLUME # KEYWORDS

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Lisa, Why Do You CARE?

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VIDEO

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Lisa, Why SHOULD I CARE?

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WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Business Development

User

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Ta Tack ckli ling ng Bro Broad ad Se Sear arch ches es

Determining Intent  3 Ways to Optimize  Measure & Adjust

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Use Case Example: Scrubs

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

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Assortment Behaviors Users

Determining Intent

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

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scrubs Home Scrubs Scrub Pants Scrub Tops Lab Coats

Home Apparel Scrubs Scrub Pants Scrub Tops Beauty Cleansers Face Scrub Body Scrub

scrubs

Assortment

Intent Determined Single Exact Match Intent Not Determined

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scrubs scrubs

Behaviors

Intent Determined 80/20 Rule Intent Not Determined Item Ordered # Orders Medium Scrub pants, blue 800 Vanilla facial scrub, 1 oz 780 Dove oatmeal body scrub 740 Green scrub tops, small 700 Refined Terms # Searches medium scrub tops 500 teen face scrub 490

  • atmeal body scrub

450 men's scrub pants 430 Item Ordered # Orders Medium scrub pants, blue 1500 Large scrub top w/ pockets 1200 Small scrub v-neck top 1000 Skin scrub, 10 oz 50 Refined Terms # Searches women’s scrub tops 1500 men’s scrub pants 1200 blue scrub pants 1000

  • atmeal body scrub

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WHAT DO THEY WANT?

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scrubs scrubs

Users

Intent Determined Individuals Intent Not Determined Past Purchases Name: Jill Jones Role: Nurse Market: Hospital Name: John Doe Role: Unknown Market: Unknown Past Purchases

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Intent Assumptions for Examples

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Intent Determined

 Assortment indicates only have apparel  Behavior indicates purchases apparel the most  User past purchases were for apparel

Intent Not Determined

 Assortment indicates mix of apparel and beauty available  Behavior of refined searches equally for apparel and beauty  User past purchases were unknown

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Recall Ranking Navigational

3 Ways to Optimize

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scrubs

Recall – Intent Determined

Return the right type

  • f products.

Optimizations  Pre-filter  Redirect

Apparel Scrubs Results for: scrubs

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scrubs

Recall – Intent Not Determined

Return the right mix of products. Optimizations  Return All Results (?)  Utilize Ranking  Utilize Navigational

Apparel Results for: scrubs Beauty

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scrubs

Ranking – Intent Determined

Rank products in a specific order. Optimizations  Show primary type first  Rank based on behavior or user preferences

Results for: scrubs

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scrubs

Ranking – Intent Not Determined

Rank products to create visibility to breadth. Optimizations  Show a mix  Represent best sellers  Merchandise

Apparel Results for: scrubs Beauty

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Top Seller

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scrubs scrubs

Navigational

Intent Determined Intent Not Determined

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Women's Tops

Women's Pants

Unisex Tops Unisex Pants Disposable

Shop Scrubs by Type

Apparel

Facial Cleansers

Body Scrubs Scrub Brushes Sponges

Shop Scrubs by Type

Display options specific to intent Display options that create intent

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Assortment Behaviors Users

Optimization Logic

(test weightings of intent in algorithms)

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Clicks Carts Conversions

Measure & Adjust

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Metric Indicators

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Clicks Carts Conversion Right types of products, right exact products, meets purchase expectations Generate positive feedback loop to results

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Metric Indicators

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Right types of products, right exact products, doesn’t meet purchase expectations (price, inventory) Start business investigation Clicks Carts Conversion

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Metric Indicators

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Right types of products, not the right exact products. Generate a negative feedback loop to results Clicks Carts Conversion

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Metric Indicators

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

Not the right types of products. Generate a negative feedback loop to results Clicks Carts Conversion

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Conclusion

Determine Intent

Look at assortment, behaviors and user preferences to help determine the intent of broad terms.

Optimize

Adjust the recall & ranking and introduce navigational elements to get the users to what they want.

Measure & Adjust

Capture clicks, carts and conversion to understand what’s working and what’s not. Adjust as needed with feedback loops.

WHAT DO THEY WANT?

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Thank You

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