No 5, April 2010
Here we are again with the first edition of the Funnelback newsletter for 2010.
A lot has happened in between newsletters, far more than could be contained in this introduction. The most prominent event was the release of the long awaited Funnelback 9 release. With it comes integrated Contextual Navigation, overhauled analytics and the addition of the Pattern Analyser!
It is worth mentioning some of the exciting client solutions that came to fruition in the last few months: a new Australia.gov.au boasting more search functionality, website and events searches at the London School of Economics, a new Geospatial search tool for Discover Tasmania and many more. Our new UK office is also thriving with several completed projects.
Since the time our last newsletter went out we have held successful Funnelback conferences in Canberra, London, Edinburgh, Auckland and Wellington. Furthermore, Funnelback has been visible on the event scene with appearances at the Web 2.0 Alliance Seminar, the OPCIT technology show case and the Tertiary to Work conference.
Our phone troubles of late should be resolved soon, again our apologies to anyone that has experienced difficulties reaching us over the phone.
Lastly, the Funnelback team continues to grow with Narelle Bortolin joining us our new Accountant and Nalani Bakker joining us as our new Office Administrator and Event Coordinator.
I hope you enjoy the rest of our newsletter!
Benjamin Pottier
Senior Consultant
Recent research into best scripting language for search technology
Author: Matthew Sheppard, Senior Software Engineer, Funnelback
It's amazing how much difference half a second can make when browsing a website, and a Funnelback search page is no exception. No matter how big or small your site, every Funnelback search spends some time on each request presenting the results in a way which matches the site's look and feel, and we have recently been investigating how to make this presentation step faster.
Read the full article: Recent research into best scripting language for search technology
The Australian Sports Commission includes AIS shop results in search
Author: Brett Tait, Sales Consultant, Funnelback
The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is a statutory authority of the Australian Government and plays a central leadership role in the development and operation of the Australian sports system. The ASC have been running Funnelback's hosted search service on the www.ausport.gov.au website since 2005 and recently Funnelback has expanded the search service to include the AIS shop results at the request of the ASC Web Service Manager Pat Birgan.
Read the full article: The Australian Sports Commission includes AIS shop results in search
So what's all the fuss about Funnelback Pattern Analyser?
Author: Brett Matson, Managing Director, Funnelback
The recent Funnelback 9 release includes an exciting new feature called Pattern Analyser. The idea is that buried in search logs are valuable insights into the changing interests of web site visitors. Funnelback Pattern Analyser exposes this information using advanced pattern detection techniques and pushes it out at near real time to the people who need it.
Read the full story at: So what's all the fuss about Funnelback Pattern Analyser?
Sorting facet categories in Funnelback 9
Author: Product & Services Team, Funnelback
Did you know that you can sort facet categories by count (default), alphabetical, or numeric order?
The numeric sorting is called 'combo' sort as it will correctly sort for categories like "1-100 units", "100-200 units", etc.
Facet sorting is done using Funnelback tags directly in the search form template.
Read the full article: Sorting facet categories in Funnelback 9
We hope you've enjoyed our latest newsletter.
If you'd like to suggest how we can improve the Funnelback product or,
you're interested in a search tuning and upgrade,
please call Ph: 02 6175 8500 or email: media@funnelback.com.
We're always happy to hear from you.
Sincerely, The Funnelback Team
