January 2021 Release Notes: Introducing Product Recommendations for WooCommerce, Shopify Filters Improvements, and More!

We have added a new CSS class for filter variants. With the new class, it is now possible to change the text color of the selected filtering values.

This improvement serves the purpose of visual filter validation when your customers select filter variants on the search results page. It can also be a great alternative to the traditional filter checkboxes, make your search results page visually stronger by allowing users to easily find any currently applied filters.

You can now opt for having a single short URL for all products whether the product detail page is reached directly or via the collections.

The new setting we have added to Filters on Collection allows you to remove the collection from the product URL. For example, the product URL is https://trina-outfits.com/collections/womens-activewear/products/dark-denim-top. If you disable the setting (simply uncheck the box), the product URL will no longer contain the collection part, like here https://trina-outfits.com/products/dark-denim-top.

In case your products have more than one variant, enable the 'Show relevant product variant' setting to retrieve results most relevant to the users' search queries. For example, you sell t-shirts in your store that are available in different color variants: black, white, blue, red, etc. When the 'Show relevant product variant' setting is enabled, a user who types in "black t-shirt" will see t-shirts of black color variants on top of the product suggestions list.

The most popular and highest-rated currency converter, Auto Currency Switcher, is now integrated with Searchanise.

The app does exactly what it sounds like: it detects the country of the user based on their IP & converts price in their local currency automatically.

After you enable the Auto Currency Switcher integration in your admin panel, Searchanise will synchronize with Auto Currency Switcher, and your customers will see the price in Searchanise widgets in their home currency.

Awesome news for Woocommerce merchants - we have added Product Recommendation blocks to the Searchanise Plugin. Now you will have even more tools to Increase order value and maximize your conversions!

With Yotpo now integrated with Searchanise, you can display rating stars and the number of reviews on products in the instant search drop-down menu and on the search results page.

The integration gives you new capabilities:

• Provide social proof in the search bar - this will add credibility to your offerings right from the start of your customer journey,
  
  
• Allow filter products by reviews - this will speed up the decision-making process for your customers,
  
  
• Set merchandising rules for highly reviewed products - this will quickly boost sales of your popular products.
  

BigCommerce merchants can now hide products from search results and smart navigation on category pages.

To use the new feature and set things up, go to the product settings of your BigCommerce admin panel and put SEARCHANISE_IGNORE in the Search Keywords filed as shown in the screenshot below:

First, a little reminder for BigCommerce merchants - Searchanise is integrated with the Yotpo and Stamped.io, Campaign Monitor | Commerce review apps. However, if you prefer to just use what is native to Bigcommerce and no extra review apps, now there is a way to pull BigCommerce product reviews into the Searchanise search results.

We have integrated Searchanise app with the default BigCommerce reviews. Now, default product reviews are indexed by Searchanise and product ratings appear in search when your customers are looking for products:

• Product ratings in the search suggestions in the autocomplete drop-down and on the search results page,

• Reviews as another filter option on the search results page.

That's all we wanted to cover today. As for our future plans, this year we are planning significant improvements in system and service. Follow us on Twitter to stay tuned for the Searchanise product updates and your new benefits.

Have questions or suggestions on the new functionality? Please reach out at feedback@searchanise.com; we are happy to chat.

See you next time!