How to Set Up Smart Search Global Settings in Rebuy
The Smart Search feature in Rebuy allows you to customize how your customers search for products on your store.
With these global settings, you can refine the search experience by managing visibility for out-of-stock products, excluding unwanted results, and adjusting the influence of search attributes. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to configure these settings to optimize your store's product search.
Enable or Disable Smart Search
What It Does:
This setting allows you to turn the Smart Search feature on or off for your store. When it's enabled, your customers can use the search functionality to find products quickly and easily.
How to Use It:
Step 1: Go to the Smart Search settings.
Step 2: Toggle the switch to enable or disable Smart Search.
Step 3: Click Save to confirm your changes.
Custom CSS Block for Smart Search
What It Does:
This setting allows you to add custom CSS specifically for the Smart Search feature on your store. By enabling this option, you can apply personalized styling that impacts only the Smart Search experience, leaving the rest of your site unaffected.
How to Use It:
Step 1: Go to the Smart Search Global Settings page in your Rebuy admin.
Step 2: Locate the Custom CSS block option.
Step 3: Enter your custom CSS code in the provided block to override default styles or add your own.
Step 4: Click Save to apply the custom styles to the Smart Search feature.
Search Results Page
Effortlessly customize your store's search experience by defining a custom URL.
• Default URL: Shopify's standard search page is located at/search.
• Custom URL: To set up a custom search page, create a new page in Shopify. Keep in mind that Shopify URLs include the /pages/prefix. For example, if you create a page named "Discover", your custom search URL should be /pages/discover.
Manage Out-of-Stock Products
What It Does:
This setting allows you to control whether out-of-stock products appear in search results.
Available Options:
Show All Products: Display both in-stock and out-of-stock products.
Hide Out-of-Stock Products: Only show products that are in stock.
Show Out-of-Stock Products Last: Display out-of-stock products at the bottom of search results, prioritizing in-stock items.
Exclude Unwanted Terms
What It Does:
This feature prevents certain terms from appearing in search results, ensuring a more accurate and positive user experience. Rebuy automatically removes offensive or irrelevant terms, but you can also add custom terms to be excluded.
How to Use It:
Step 1: Go to the Excluded Terms section in your Smart Search settings.
Step 2: Add any terms you want to exclude.
Step 3: Click Save.
Exclude Products from Search
What It Does:
This setting allows you to exclude specific products or product tags from appearing in search results.
How to Use It:
Step 1: In the Excluded Products section, choose the products or tags you want to hide.
Step 2: Select the products or tags, and they will be excluded from search results.
Step 3: Click Save.
Excluding products with Product Tags will only exclude them from the Results Page and NOT the Quick View. To exclude products from Quick View results you will want to use the Specific Products section.
Exclude Collections from Search
What It Does:
This setting allows you to exclude entire product collections from appearing in search results, giving you more control over which products are searchable.
How to Use It:
Step 1: Go to the Excluded Collections section.
Step 2: Select the collections you want to exclude.
Step 3: Click Save.
By default, excluding a collection also excludes its products from being returned from search results completely. You can change this by deselecting the "Hide Products" option when selecting collections.
Adjust Search Influence
What It Does:
With this setting, you can control how much influence different product attributes (such as name, description, or vendor) have on the search results.
How to Use It:
Step 1: Go to the Search Influence section.
Step 2: Adjust the weight of different attributes (like product name, vendor, etc.) based on their importance.
Step 3: Click Save.
You can select from the following options:
Handle: URL handle under Search Engine Listing.
Name: Product name (e.g., James French Terry Short or Terry Short or Short).
Description: Product description (e.g., French terry shorts).
Vendor: Product vendor/brand.
Option Value: Represents various options or attributes of the product.
Variant Descriptions: This is not supported by Shopify at this time.
As you add influences, you can adjust the importance of each of them by changing the importance indicator. This allows you to prioritize certain influences over others, influencing the order of products returned in search results.
Handle
The "handle" in the importance indicator refers to the product URL handle that you have configured in Shopify. This handle plays a role in determining the relevance and order of products returned in search results based on the specific URLs associated with each product.
Name
The "name" attribute refers to the title of the product as configured in Shopify. It represents the name or title of each product, which is crucial for search relevance and determining the order of products returned in search results.
Description
The "description" attribute refers to the description of the product as configured in Shopify. It represents the textual description provided for each product, which is important for search relevance and providing detailed information to customers about the products they are searching for.
Vendor
The "vendor" attribute refers to the vendor or brand of the product as configured in Shopify. It represents the manufacturer or supplier of each product, which can be useful for customers who are brand-conscious or specifically looking for products from a certain vendor.
Option Value
The "option value" attribute represents the value for the option configured in the product variants. In Shopify, products often have variants such as size, color, or material. The option value refers to the specific value associated with these product variants, which can be important for customers who are looking for specific variations of a product.
More questions? Checkout our Smart Search FAQ document for some frequently asked questions. If you don't see your answers there, please feel free to send them to us via the messenger on this page along with your details