November 2021 Release Notes: Latest Updates and Improvements for Shopify
By Stacy
Nov 24 2021
2 min to read
Welcome to this month's release notes! We've got a few product updates for you, along with enhanced integration with Langify and new integration with ShopperApproved. Check out what's new and how you can benefit from it:
Smarter search
We've released a new feature that will enhance your customers' search experience. This feature allows Searchanise to ignore spaces or hyphens in customers' search queries. Let's say you sell parts for remote speakers, and your clients search for "Motorola GP1200 Battery" using various spellings ("Motorola GP-1200 Battery" or "Motorola GP 1200 Battery"). Now, even if a customer uses space or hyphen in the product name, the search will return relevant product results:
Searchanise ignores space in a product name and returns relevant results
Also, with the new feature, the app can now return search results for queries like "bath rug 20x30" for products with specific sizes, enabling your customers to easier find what they want:
Products with specific sizes in search results
Improved integration with Langify
If you're a Langify user, we are happy to announce that you can now display Langify translations in Searchanise Instant Search Widget and Search Results Widget. To do so, go to the Searchanise control panel, open the Translations section and click the Resync Translations button. Also, this is where you'll also be able to look up the date of the previous sync.
How to resync Langify translations
After the import has been finished, Searchanise will use Langify translations in its widgets. You can also manage the translations of Searchanise widgets' elements. Check the help article with detailed instructions to find out how to do it. After that, your international customers will enjoy your storefront and site search in their native language.
Enhanced app stability and loading speeds
Our dev team constantly works on improving Searchanise. This time they've managed to take the stability of the app to a new level. Also, Searchanise is now compatible with the latest Shopify requirements.
And, to top it all off, we've also improved Google PageSpeed score, through the following things:
Thanks to it, the search results page loads faster, ensuring a smooth user experience for your customers.
And, to top it all off, we've also improved Google PageSpeed score, through the following things:
- added lazy image loading in Searchanise widgets;
- split Javascript widget files and reduced the main JS file by 50%;
- split CSS files and resolved the "Remove unused CSS" warning from GPS.
Thanks to it, the search results page loads faster, ensuring a smooth user experience for your customers.
ShopperApproved integration
We're happy to announce that Searchanise is now fully integrated with ShopperApproved. So, if you're a ShopperApproved client, you can turn on the integration in the Searchanise control panel, the Integrations section, and display product ratings and reviews in the search results to add social proof.
How to turn on integration with ShopperApproved
Have questions or suggestions on the new functionality? Contact us at feedback@searchanise.com; we are happy to chat.
Until next time!
Until next time!
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“Rock solid performance! I wish we knew about this app a year ago! The intuitive nature of the searches and speed of information make this a perfect app for our web store."
"Works great for our needs!
The Searchanise plugin/service excels where other leading (and much more expensive) search providers have fallen short on our site. We have over 17,000 products and this plugin indexes them flawlessly and creates a top-notch search experience for our customers. Really pleased that we found this one."
The Searchanise plugin/service excels where other leading (and much more expensive) search providers have fallen short on our site. We have over 17,000 products and this plugin indexes them flawlessly and creates a top-notch search experience for our customers. Really pleased that we found this one."
My last hope was to try Searchanise. I was, and I am still amazed! The search results are PERFECT! The sync speed is AMAZING without bags or delays. And I have never seen such great support. The Searchanise App is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED, and I really hope someday to find again such a nice team and support."
"Searching for a Search app? Try Searchanise. We are totally impressed, works great, it's faster than the default BC search and looks gorgeous in our shop - it's form and function! Supported by wonderful people. Many thanks to Alexey and the team! Excellent app and awesome team"
"The results are fantastic.
We use it on many customers and they are all satisfied. It greatly enhances Magento's search."
We use it on many customers and they are all satisfied. It greatly enhances Magento's search."
"I could say a lot of great things about this add-on, but I think this one line suffices; adding the Searchanise feature to your store is one of the most important and rewarding decisions you will make for your business and customers. Not to mention, the team is an absolute delight to work with, namely Angelina Morozova!"
Stacy
Stacy is a content creator at Searchanise. Her professional areas of interest are SaaS solutions and ecommerce. Stacy believes that quality content must be valuable for readers and achieve business goals. When she is not busy writing, which does not happen often, she reads passionately, both fiction and non-fiction literature.