When looking at the number of search requests to Cludo, those actually cover a few different types of requests: How to view search count statistics To get an overview of your current search request usage, log into MyCludo and go to the Account Overview from the top right menu. In . . . Read more
Cludo supports bigram matching as one of multiple natural language processing tools. Bigram matching allows better support for compound words, meaning words consisting of multiple words. Bigram matching is especially useful for certain languages where compound words are very common, such as the Nordic languages. It can also be useful . . . Read more
Cludo uses cookies to gather information about user behavior. This data helps improve user experience and is used for the statistics you see in MyCludo. Cludo uses local storage, which, in short, is a successor to cookies so they are effectively treated the same under EU cookie laws and GDPR. . . . Read more
The visitors’ search behavior provides powerful insight into their interests and can be used to create ad campaigns that are relevant to those interests. This article will cover how to can use Cludo events through Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, and Google Ads to show users relevant ads based on . . . Read more
Cludo Google Tag Manager events are perfectly suited for analytics platforms with an event-driven architecture. One popular example of such a platform is Amplitude. Integrating search events into Amplitude can reveal powerful insights about the visitor’s journey. Before getting started In order to correctly send search data for Google Tag . . . Read more
A crawl delay will limit the frequency at which the crawler will request pages on a website. This results in an overall slower crawl but can prevent overloading the website with too many requests at once. This is rarely needed, but it can be useful for “sensitive” servers that don’t . . . Read more
The Test search feature in MyCludo allows you to test the search and review result rankings on an engine without using the engine in an implementation. This makes it useful for testing recently applied changes, such as crawler updates or tools that were added for certain terms. With the test . . . Read more
Cludo Search is not a black box – the search relevance is based on a unique blend of machine learning and human customization on top of an algorithm. Before customization or machine learning is applied, the Cludo search engine bases relevance using the Okapi BM25 algorithm. A rule of thumb for good search . . . Read more
When a search only returns a few results, the search engine may also suggest other search terms for the visitors to use. See the table below for details on which actions happen depending on the number of results. Number of results Event 0 The search engine will automatically correct the . . . Read more
Sometimes, your visitors may search for a term that does not exist in any of the indexed content. In such a case, the search engine will look for similar terms that do exist within the index. If it successfully finds a similar term, the search will automatically replace the original term . . . Read more