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Lucidworks Fusion Running as Windows Services

The following description is based on a recent client experience where I installed and configured Lucidworks Fusion in a 3 virtual server farm, in a very Microsoft dependent environment. My client required that each piece of software run as a self-sufficient Windows Service, which can start itself automatically upon server... Read more →

Amazon CloudSearch Magento Incremental Indexing

Recently we released version 2.0.1 of of our Amazon CloudSearch extension for Magento, called Amazon Cloudsearch Connect and this new release provides for incremental updating of the CloudSearch index. Many retailers, particularly those with larger product catalogs, do not want to have to perform an entire index update when only... Read more →

Solr Magento Search Incremental Indexing

Recently we released version 2.0.1 of of our Apache Solr search extension for Magento, called SolrConnect. This new version provides for incremental updating of the Solr index. Many retailers, particularly those with larger product catalogs, do not want to have to perform an entire index update when only a few... Read more →

Relevance Score Calculation in Solr

Lucene uses the TF/IDF scoring algorithm to give initial relevance scores to each document as served up in a search result. The score is further influenced by how you set up your query parameters and whether or not (and how) you apply boosting techniques. The parameters that influence scoring are... Read more →

FindTuner Merchandising for Solr Search

Merchandising is a cornerstone for many ecommerce sites and empowers online retailers to provide better customer experiences, improve product discovery, increase conversion rates and enhance order values. Broadly speaking, merchandising an ecommerce website involves creating, implementing and measuring strategies that get the right products in front of the shopper with... Read more →