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Configure a search

Use this screen to define how a group of search terms behaves in the webshop.

Go to Search & Navigation > Search Management and select the Search Configurations tab.

Configure a search

Alternatively, you can open this screen directly from the search preview of a selected top search.

Note
  • The Language indicator shows which language this configuration applies to.
  • Changes to this screen save automatically.

Synonyms​

  • In Add Search term, enter a search term and press Enter to add it to as a Synonym for the search term you are configuring
  • For each Search term, the Search count shows how often each search term has been searched on the webshop in the last 90 days.
  • Click × next to a term to remove it from the list.

Synonym Ranking​

Choose how the exact search term ranks against its synonyms in the search results.

  • Select Rank exact search terms higher than synonyms to show products matching the exact term a visitor typed at the top, followed by products matching the synonyms.
  • Select Rank search terms and synonyms equally to show products for the search term and its synonyms ranked with equal priority.

Basic Settings​

Search Term Replacement​

Use this setting to expand the search query with related terms (for example, enter iPhone and Android to expand smartphone searches), or to replace a search term with a more specific one (for example, enter socks for the search term sox).

Enable the toggle to activate search term replacement for this configuration.

  • In Replacement terms, type a term and press Enter, or separate multiple terms with a comma.

The replacement applies to this term and all its configured synonyms. For instructions and examples, see Use Search Term Replacement.

Search Term Exclusions​

Use this setting to hide products that include specific words from the search results for this term.

Enable the toggle to activate search term exclusions for this configuration.

  • In Exclusion terms, type a term and press Enter, or separate multiple terms with a comma.

For best practices, see Use Search Term Exclusions.

Category Ranking​

Use Category Ranking to group matching products by category and control which categories appear first in the search results.

Category Ranking is part of the Relevance & Recommendations module and is available when this module is active.

  • Group & Prioritize Categories enables category ranking for the search configuration.
  • Root category is the category tree the ranking applies to. The badge and the shop names below it show which shops share this ranking.
  • Ranked categories appear first in the search results, in the order shown from top to bottom.
  • Unranked categories follow in the standard search order.

Search Preview Panel​

The Search preview panel shows live search results based on your current configuration, including unpublished changes.

  • Use the Shop selector to preview results for a specific webshop.
  • Use the Related search terms selector to switch between the terms in your configuration and see how results differ per term.
    • This is especially useful when Rank exact search terms higher than synonyms is active.
  • Enable Ignore modified rankings to preview results without any ranking adjustments from Modified Rankings. This only affects the preview - it does not change the live webshop behavior.

Publishing​

  • Click Publish to make your configuration active in the webshop.
  • Click Save Draft to save your changes without publishing.
  • Click Clear Changes to discard your unpublished changes and return to the version that is currently live in the webshop.
  • Click Revert to go back to the previous published version. Use this if you published a change that you want to undo.
  • Click Delete to remove the configuration entirely.
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