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Thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for the kind words. As for how to get your team to approach query understanding, it’s hard to give generic advice. But if you can find a way to categorize... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | October 2, 2018 at 11:07 PM

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Query Understanding, Divided into Three Parts

Julius Caesar started his famous text on the Gallic wars with the sentence “Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres.”Like Gaul, query understanding is, as a whole... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | October 2, 2018 at 12:34 PM

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Thanks for the shout-out!

Thanks for the shout-out! I also recommend Giovanni Fernandez-Kincade’s posts on the subject, which you can find at https://medium.com/related-works-inc. Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | September 13, 2018 at 06:00 PM

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Thanks Vibhu.

Thanks Vibhu. There are a lot of published case studies about A/B testing in general, but I’m not sure what’s published specifically about A/B testing for search... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | September 4, 2018 at 11:05 AM

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Thoughts about Managing Search Teams

There are lots of articles out there telling you how to be a good manager. This isn’t one of them. This post is specifically directed at people who manage search... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | August 30, 2018 at 10:02 AM

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Real Talk About Synonyms and Search

When I talk to software engineers and product managers about improving their search engines, the conversation often leads to query expansion, and specifically synonyms... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | August 20, 2018 at 10:01 AM

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I can’t share those details, but I can say that geography certainly impact latency when you’re…

I can’t share those details, but I can say that geography certainly impact latency when you’re serving from the cloud, especially when you are doing query processing... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | August 17, 2018 at 11:06 AM

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Search: Should You Build, Buy, or Borrow?

Search: Should You Build, Buy, Or Borrow?A challenge that many companies face is deciding whether to build, buy, or borrow their core search technology. As with... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | August 17, 2018 at 10:01 AM

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Thanks Shawn!

Thanks Shawn! I think that Amazon was the first place that I saw this flow, and it certainly inspired my team’s work at LinkedIn. Amazon’s price sort can still... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | August 7, 2018 at 11:55 PM

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I agree that the search engine can only do so much to make up for poorly structured data.

I agree that the search engine can only do so much to make up for poorly structured data. If you look at one my “shopping is hard” post, you’ll see that my top... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | August 6, 2018 at 06:05 PM

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Why is it so hard to sort by price?

A common use case for online shopping is searching for products — say, coffee makers — and then sorting the results by price, from low to high, in order to find... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | August 6, 2018 at 10:01 AM

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Analyze This!

Product development work should be data-driven — or, to be more precise, data-informed. We live in an age of science, which means that we should use data to resolve... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 30, 2018 at 10:01 AM

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Shopping is Hard, Let’s go Searching!

In 1992, Mattel released the infamous Teen Talk Barbie, most known — and rightfully mocked — for saying “Math is hard, let’s go shopping!” Actually, that’s a paraphrase... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 23, 2018 at 11:01 AM

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I’d hope that a job description would align with these kinds of questions.

I’d hope that a job description would align with these kinds of questions. It’s one of the reasons to publish questions — the interviewing process shouldn’t be... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 19, 2018 at 02:17 PM

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Interview Questions for Search Relevance Engineers and Product Managers

Technical interviewing is hard, and it’s a subject I’m very passionate about personally.But this post isn’t about technical interviewing in general. It’s specifically... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 19, 2018 at 11:48 AM

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A/B Testing for Search is Different

A/B testing is a critical tool for improving search products. While A/B testing has limitations and shouldn’t be the only analytical method you use, it’s the single... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 12, 2018 at 03:39 PM

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You’re welcome, Dima!

You’re welcome, Dima!The best technique I know for encouraging users to enter natural language searches is to promote them through autocomplete. For example, on... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | July 9, 2018 at 12:44 PM

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Query Understanding and Chatbots

In this series, I’ve focused on the context of traditional search applications, which are the main beneficiaries of better query understanding. But given the rapid... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | June 14, 2018 at 01:23 PM

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Query Understanding and Voice Interfaces

On the surface, using a voice interface for search doesn’t seem that different from typing text into a search box.Converting speech to text and vice versa is aAmazon... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 29, 2018 at 10:01 AM

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Indeed, there are lots of challenges with faceted search in practice.

Indeed, there are lots of challenges with faceted search in practice.With regard to the three problems you raise:1) I agree that faceted search has a way of unlocking... Daniel Tunkelang
From The Noisy Channel | May 11, 2018 at 05:17 PM