Did you mean Search
- Akanksha Shukla (Unlicensed)
Owned by Akanksha Shukla (Unlicensed)
Mar 29, 2021
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Overview
When low number of search results are returned for a given search term, Did You Mean function suggests alternate search terms to the user that closely match the original search and that will yield a higher number of results. The configurations which define the threshold number of search results that will trigger Did You Mean, the maximum number of Did You Mean matches that should return when Did You Mean / Auto Correct is enabled, etc. can be controlled via dashboard settings:
Please review the documentation here that covers more details about Did You Mean.
Retrieving search with DidYouMean (DYM) results
{ "ClientGuid" : "SITE_GUID",
"Keyword" : "treste",
"ClientData":{
"VisitorId" : "2F87556F-AA2F-438E-A52C-AFF4B7E10EB5",
"Custom" : {"some key" : "some value"},
"HttpTrueClientIp" : "some IP address",
"UserAgent" : "some agent",
"Source" : ""
}
}
Response
In the search results response structure, there are 3 main keys which include the information about the actual keyword search and its DYM suggestions:
“Keyword” is the original keyword search which gave a low number of results.
“DidYouMean” indicates the list of possible keywords that closely match the original search term: "DidYouMean": [
"trestles",
"tested"
]“AdjustedKeyword” indicates the autocorrected keyword for which the search was performed and returned results. In example below, the 2 ‘NofResults’ are for the search term “trestle”. "AdjustedKeyword": "trestle"
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"ParamName": "priceslider",
"SortBy": "ScoreAndAlphaAndAlpha",
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"ScrollHeight": 0,
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"AlwaysVisible": true,
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}
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"Keyword": "treste",
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],
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"http://test.hawksearch.net/assets/1/14/DimThumbnail/Grass-trestle-marmot(1).jpg"
],
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"/details?itemid=Item_106425"
],
"itemname": [
"Trestle 30"
],
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"+0000000000000005.0000"
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],
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],
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],
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],
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}
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},
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}
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}
]
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"DidYouMean": [
"trestles",
"tested"
],
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},
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},
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}