Improve search relevance with Rules

Enhance your default ranking by setting up Rules to fine-tune internal search relevance and detect or respond to user intent.

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Based on an “If This Then That” logic, Rules let you make precise modifications to your Search & Discovery experience.

Algolia offers unlimited space to define your own set of rules, leveraging various strategies applied in any situation:

  • Rules can be triggered by specific search terms (and automatically extended to its synonyms) or applied without any user query needed.

  • Rules can take into account various contextual elements (device used, category page, geolocation).

  • Rules can be limited to a specific time-range or be “always on”.

3 examples of strategies using our Rules

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Remove Word

Extract the information that matters to display the most relevant results.

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Replace Query

Match your user’s query with their real intent.

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Redirect

Guide users to the perfect results quickly.

Remove word

Remove Word

Extract the information that matters to display the most relevant results.

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Replace Query

Match your user’s query with their real intent.

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Redirect

Guide users to the perfect results quickly.

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Code with confidence

The what-is and how-to of the Rules API. Overviews, use cases, tutorials, code snippets, and a full tech reference - Everything you’ll need to get started coding.

Do it visually

Let your business users get control over Search & Discovery with our Visual Editor.

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Using Rules for merchandising

Boost conversion for specific query, category or user context

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