All articlesDoofinder News Increase your ecommerce conversion with site search Sam SmithEcommerce Consultant at Doofinder Last week we had the opportunity to participate in SEMrushâs webinar on how to increase ecommerce conversion thanks to internal searches. Here is a summary of the presentation from Llorenç Palomas, CMO of Doofinder, in case you could not attend.We want to take this opportunity to thank SEMrush for their invitation, it is a pleasure to collaborate with you! đTable of ContentsThe importance of an internal search in your online storeWhat kind of search experience do you have in your ecommerce?The link between SEO and an internal search1. KEYWORD RESEARCH2. REAL TIME DATA3. BETTER USER EXPERIENCE4. AVERAGE SEARCH ENGINE USAGE ON AN URLTips to provide a good search experience in your ecommerceWhy integrate an advanced internal search engine?The importance of an internal search in your online storeFirst, letâs see what the data from various studies say: âEconsultancy,â âBaymard Instituteâ and Doofinderâs own data, in regard to the relevance of an internal search engine in an ecommerce:Between 10 and 40% of ecommerce visitors use the internal search engineThe user that searches can convert between 4 and 8 times more than other usersBetween 30 and 70% of your invoicing can be generated by users who searchThe data speak for themselves⊠next we will go into detail about the solution that Doofinder can offer you.What kind of search experience do you have in your ecommerce?If the search experience in ecommerce is bad, we find the following problems.70% of ecommerce are not able to return results using synonyms10 â 20% of searches offer 0 resultsâAccording to a recent study, only 1.3% of searches made through Doofinder are not returning resultsâ* 60% of ecommerce requires that you search the exact product25% of ecommerce do not allow non-product searchesAs this data shows, there is a lot of room for improvement in the native search engines of ecommerce platforms, which often fail to become a sales opportunity.Letâs see, for example, on the Orange website, if you search âxiamiâ instead of âxiaomiâ, the search layer does not return any results:On the other hand, on MaxMovil.comâs webpage, a client of Doofinder, if we conduct the same search, several results will appear:âA study by Econsultancy concluded that, using a well-optimized advanced search engine, the post-search conversion increases from 2.77% to 4.63%, i.e. an increase of 80%.âThe link between SEO and an internal searchThere is an important link between SEO, which brings users to your website, and internal searches that help you find what you need once they have arrived.What benefits can an internal search engine provide at SEO level?1. KEYWORD RESEARCHTo position our online store, we have to see what our potential clients are looking for and how much competition we have for these searches. Through organic investigation, SEMrush allows us to see keyword suggestions, identify alternatives or questions that can give us ideas.Through the Doofinder control panel as well, we can see what people are looking for in our ecommerce and identify very specific keys words, such as âConverse Kids Chuck Taylorâ so we can create specific landings or create specific advertisements in Google Adwords for these terms.2. REAL TIME DATAData that Doofinder shows you in the control panel are updated to the previous day and we are working so that it is displayed immediately.3. BETTER USER EXPERIENCEGoogle takes into account user experience on a website to penalize or not its organic positioning. And how does it measure that? In different ways, for example, taking in account the so-called pogo sticking, a phenomenon that occurs when people who search for something in google results, enter a domain and leave it quickly, using the âbackâ button on their browser to do another search. Google has the capacity to determine this, as well as the dwell time, the metric that measures the time it takes for a user to return to the search engine after clicking on a result that Google has displayed.If an ecommerce has an advanced search engine that allows its users to quickly find the products they are looking for, it will also have a lower bounce rate, which is another important factor for SEO. With the âTraffic Analysis,â another SEMrush feature, you can know if your bounce rate is OK and compare it with your competitors.4. AVERAGE SEARCH ENGINE USAGE ON AN URLLetâs say you have an average search engine usage of 10% across your ecommerce, but you identify an url with an average search engine usage of 50%, where much of this traffic is organic. This means that whoever reaches this url from Google, does not find content that corresponds exactly to what they are looking for. Improving the content in this url will improve your SEO positioning.Tips to provide a good search experience in your ecommerceAt the end of the webinar, Llorenç Palomasâ indicated the functionalities of an advanced internal search engine such as autocomplete, faceted navigation, suggestions, etc.>> Visit our product page to discover all the Doofinder featuresHere are some design tips for the search layer:1. Visible search box, with open text field, also on the mobile version 2. CTA âSearch products, categories or brandsâ 3. Allow to search with âEnterâ 4. Enable the search box on all URLs 5. It has to be simpleDoofinder also offers an advanced solution: the Al version. You can find all the info here.Why integrate an advanced internal search engine?If you still have doubts, we will tell you why you should install Doofinder in your online store:* Increase your overall conversation between 10 and 20% * Improve UX and consequently, SEO * Easy to integrate and cost-effective>> 30 DAY FREE Doofinder Trial << FREE EBOOKS Increase your eCommerce sales by 20%The 10 largest eCommerce sites in the worldHow to start an online shop from scratch