Category: Best Practice
Cludo supports detection of broken page rankings. This article covers how to handle these. Why is my page ranking detected as broken? The listed pages in a page ranking are checked against the current index of the corresponding engine. Thus, if a ranked page does not exist in the corresponding . . . Read more
When searching, you may experience the same content appearing more than once in the results. Since a crawler is unable to index the same URL twice, this will always be due to the same content existing on multiple URLs. That is, of course, unless you have two crawlers that index . . . Read more
The Google Tag Manager integration allows for a wide spectrum of connections to different 3rd party system. Before setting up the integration, it is important to plan ahead and map out what the search data will actually be used for and in which systems. To give inspiration, here is a . . . Read more
Setting up an engine is a required step in configuring a functional search engine for your website. Engines are at the heart of Cludo as it puts you in control of the search relevance. An engine is in charge of pulling the right content from your crawler(s) when a search . . . Read more
Banners allow for custom content to be shown when specific search terms are used. Before setting up a banner, it is recommended to consider the use case for it and which search terms it should be triggered by. What to consider before setting up a banner Banners are a great . . . Read more
If your website has content that is rendered asynchronously, you may want to look into async crawling. However, before deciding if there is a need for this, it is recommended to consider the following: As async crawling requires more resources, it is recommended to first assess if there are easy-to-implement . . . Read more
Setting up a crawler is a required step in configuring a functional search engine. You should consider both the configuration of the crawler as well as how many crawlers you should create. Language Crawlers are language-specific, so sites with support for multiple languages should configure one crawler per language. Remember . . . Read more
By grouping individual search terms into broader topics, the Intents feature is a great way to learn from your search activity and allows you to take steps toward a better site and search setup. When looking at the Intents analytics, consider why visitors are using the search engine to find . . . Read more
The Misspellings feature allows you to add custom corrections of misspellings. However, it is not the only way the search engine will attempt to correct an incorrectly spelled search term. Before you set up a bunch of misspellings for common search terms, it can be good to understand what is . . . Read more
When performing various searches, it is possible to utilize some of the more advanced search options in Cludo. These search options can be used by any user, but may not be intuitive unless this documentation is read. You can consider including parts of this on your search page if you . . . Read more