Today we posted an interview with Lee Brown from Online Golf on the ecommerce podcast. One of the really interesting pieces of data that Lee shares during the interview is that people who view a video on their site are 85% more likely to buy than people who don’t. This is one of the strongest endorsements for […]
In our August newsletter, we outlined some basic steps to make your existing site search even better for your visitors. We have more good advice in store for you this month, with ideas that can make your search feature easier to find and use – which, of course, increases the chances that visitors will locate […]
SLI was an exhibitor and sponsor at this year’s Shop.org Annual Summit. We had a great time and hope all of you who attended gained valuable knowledge from the speakers. This year we also teamed up with some of our partners (Acadaca, Certona, ExactTarget, and PowerReviews) for attendees to enter a drawing for a MacBook Air. […]
Is search really the new navigation, as the CEO of DMV.org (an SLI customer) said last year? Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital seems to think so: the firm now features a large search box as the sole element on it’s home page – no photos, no standard navigation, just search. Visitors must enter a search […]
We’re always excited when one of our customers gets recognition for something innovative or unique that they’re doing – and even more so when that recognition involves our search technology. Century Novelty is one such customer. The online party supplies retailer recently won a Silver Award from Multichannel Merchant magazine, recognized as one of the […]
Shop.org Annual Summit We will be exhibiting at the Shop.org Annual Summit next week September 21-23 in Las Vegas. If you will be attending, stop by booth #623. Or, if you haven’t already registered and would like to attend we can offer you a discount of $100 off a full conference pass or a FREE […]
This week we’re making the journey to Foxwoods Resort & Casino, Ledyard, Connecticut for the NEMOA fall conference – September 16th – 18th. The event is focused on “Beating the Odds” and has some of the best minds in the industry teaching online retailers how to win against the tough economy. We’re sponsoring the Thursday […]
Most web browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, now feature an integrated search box. Typically these search boxes are pointed to Google or another popular search engine to make it easy to search the web. You can add options to use other search engines from this search box, including your own on-site search. Even […]
We spend a lot of time in this newsletter talking about the importance of a good site search – how it can lead to higher conversions on e-commerce sites, how it can improve the overall user experience and foster better customer relationships for any ecommerce or content-rich site, and how site search can provide crucial […]
SLI Systems will be hosting a webinar in August on the anatomy of a great ecommerce site search and improving the user experience. The 30-minute webinar will be held on Thursday August 13, 2009 at 1pm PDT. Ed Hoffman, VP of Worldwide Field Operations will: Discuss recent trends in site search Explain how implementing these […]