All MyCashflow online stores include an internal customer search engine, which allows customers to search for products in the online store. The online stores with free and paid MyCashflow plans use different search engines.
The store's search engine is being renewed.
In October 2023 a new search engine will be introduced in paid MyCashflow online stores. The change does not require any action from merchants, but the search functionality changes slightly.
Here you can learn more about both engines and how they work.
MyCashflow's internal search engine adheres to the general rules governing search engines, which means that content optimization makes it easier to find products not only when using the store's internal search engine but also when using web search engines (such as Google or Bing).
See also MyCashflow's instructions on how to optimize your store contents for search engines.
Search engine in the Free plan
The search engine in the free online stores focuses on the following information:
- product name
- product-code
- supplier's product code
- product description
- product information
- product's key words
- product's stock location
Search engine in the paid plans
The paid MyCashflow online stores use a more versatile search engine called Elastic App Search, which has several additional features compared to the search in free online stores.
Search focus
The search engine in paid online stores focuses on the following information:
- product name
- product description (short description)
- product information (long description)
- product's key words
- brand name
- name of the product's default category
- product-code
- product features names (e.g. XL, Green)
- product SEO fields
- supplier's product code
Search index updates
The search engine has to index the online store's products so that they can be found from it later on. The indexing occurs automatically usually a few minutes after you have made changes to your product details.
Products aren't indexed if they're not visible in at least one store version. So, a product will become visible in search engine results only if it is visible in a store version and has been indexed.
Search tools
The paid MyCashflow plans also include search tools that allow visitors to refine their searches on the results page according to the following conditions:
- price category (e.g. 50-100 €)
- product category
- brand
Search tools have to be enabled separately in the online store's theme by using the search tools' Interface tags.
The Fluid default theme includes ready support for search tools.
Search operators
In paid online shops you can also limit search results using the following word search operators:
- Exact ("")
By placing the search term in quotes you can perform precise searches. In this case, the search returns only products whose information contains the exact search term.
It is thus possible to search for a product, for example, by its model name or product code.
Example: "iPhone 15"
- Inclusion (+)
The inclusion operator (+) allows you to search for products based on several different words. For example, you can search for products whose product details contain the words "shirt" and "black". All search terms must appear in the product information, but they can be anywhere in the search target fields and in any order.
Example: Shirt +black
- Exclusion (-)
If you want to limit the search results to products with specific words, you can use the exclusion operator (-). For example, you can use the operator to search for products whose product information contains the word "shirt" but not the word "black".
Example: Shirt -black
If there is a temporary disruption in the search engine for paid online stores, the search engine for free online stores will be automatically switched on to prevent search interruptions.
After the disruption is over, the more efficient engine is re-enabled in the paid stores automatically.
Implementing the search in the store theme
There are multiple Interface tags connected to MyCashflow's search engine, which means that the options available with the search engine depend on the tags used in the theme. Note that some search tags are available only in the paid MyCashflow plans.
See also the documentation for search tags.
The MyCashflow default theme contains all search functions available in free and paid online stores.
Using the search engine in the store theme
The search terms that are defined for the product list tags' (e.g. {Products}) keyword attribute are entered – depending upon the MyCashflow plan – either to the paid or free search engine, thereby enabling the tag to print the products that have been found based on the keywords.
It means that you can add fixed product searches to the desired pages, such as:
{Products(
keyword: 'winter downhill skiing'
)}