Algolia Newsletter - February 2020

[View this email online]( [logo algolia]( TIP OF THE MONTH Order of searchable attributes Did you know that the order of your searchable attributes list directly impacts your search relevance? Algolia, through its ranking formula, compares several records and ranks them appropriately each time a user is performing a search. This means that the engine compares the highest attributes in the list of searchable attributes first, and works its way down to the lowest in the list. Which attributes to put at the top of your list? To achieve the best ranking we recommend stacking the searchable attributes from most precise (i.e., less text but exact terms) to least precise. For example, "colors", "categories", "brand" will be positioned higher than "description" in the searchable attributes list. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, and the strategy depends on your use case, how data is being structured, what your users usually search for, what they expect as results, etc. Your Customer Success Manager can give you more detail. NEW FEATURE Query Rule Badges in Analytics We’ve just released the ability to view which queries in the Analytics Dashboard are affected by Query Rules. For instance, if you have a Query Rule affecting the search for ‘shampoo’, a badge will appear on that query in the Analytics view. Additionally, if you drill into the query from the “Searches” tab and hover over the badge, you’ll find a link directly to that Query Rule in the Dashboard. Don’t hesitate to ask your Customer Success Manager for more detail! BLOG We’ve expanded our infrastructure to the UK This January, we opened two new data centers in the UK. This is the 17th infrastructure region in our worldwide DSN (Distributed Search Network). We are excited to offer our UK customers reduced latency and an additional layer of insurance with data locality. More [on our blog]( DATA PRIVACY IMPROVEMENT Anonymize your end users IPs We recently made available for Enterprise customers the ability to anonymize the IP addresses of your search users. The feature removes part of your users’ IP addresses so it's no longer possible to identify the user behind a request. As a consequence, the remaining part of the IP address is no longer personally identifiable information (PII) anymore. The anonymization of the IP address is done only for search/browse requests, as identifying the IP address for write operations such as index deletion is required for auditability. This feature is not enabled by default as enabling it on implementations while not passing a userToken at query time would negatively impact the accuracy of your analytics data. If you’d like to benefit from this feature, please contact your Customer Success Manager. on demand webinar How to harness voice search in retail Missed our recent webinar? Worry not, we have it on demand. Algolia, Myplanet, and Harry Rosen, Canada’s defining label in luxury menswear, talk about how voice search can empower retail associates, increase order value and redefine the customer experience. [Watch the replay]( EVENTs Where you can see us next US February 20 | [DreamStacks]( co-hosted with Contentful - San Francisco February 24 | [eTail West]( - Los Angeles Europe February 13 | [E-commerce Expo Berlin]( - Berlin, Germany Talk to you soon, Team Algolia [logo algolia]( [Linkedin logo]( [Twitter logo]( [Facebook logo]( If you prefer not to receive emails like this, you may [manage your email preferences.]( Copyright Ⓒ 2020 Algolia. All Rights Reserved