The number of languages on a website will often determine the number of crawlers and engines needed for a site search. For accurate indexing, you need a unique crawler for each language site. This is important in order to fully support each language and ensure that the results returned are . . . Read more
Cludo supports two operators when the search terms contains more than one word: Operators are set for the engine and can currently only be changed by Cludo. It is usually not recommended to switch to AND, since this is likely to result in more searches with 0 results. You can contact . . . Read more
Once a crawler has crawled the defined domain(s), you may experience a specific page not being added to the search index. This will typically be due to one of the following reasons: Feel free to contact support if you have further questions on why a page was not indexed as . . . Read more
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