Algolia
Build Search Experiences
Nabeel Ahmed
thenabeel.com
Faceted Search
Search Frameworks
- Solr
- Sphinx
Speed
and
Relevance
Why Algolia?
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Cloud hosted
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Full-text, numerical, and faceted search engine
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Results in a few milliseconds
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as-you-type experience
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Better relevance algorithm, not TF-IDF approach
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Global Language Support
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Typo-tolerance
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Highlighting and Snippeting
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REST API
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Libraries/SDKs available for almost-every platform
Concepts
- Indices
- Records
- Operations
Hands-on Demo
Resources
Facet search explanation:
https://lucidworks.com/2009/09/02/faceted-search-with-solr/
Algolia Relevance:
https://blog.algolia.com/how-algolia-tackled-the-relevance-problem-of-search-engines/
Algolia Clients & Integrations