The Search Result Settings section of the Site Search Settings page lets you customize how search results are displayed on the search results page once a search is performed. The default settings you configure here are how search results will initially display to shoppers when they perform a search. Merchants are able to index and display relevant section and informational pages as well as item pages in their search results.

Once results are returned, the user performing the search may choose their own view and sort preferences. However, the settings you have defined for the Categories for category drop-down, Include Add to Cart button, Exclude non-orderable items, Include quick view feature, Include category drop-down, and Use titlecase for brand names options will remain as you have set them.

Results sorted by

The Results sorted by option controls how search results are ordered by default. Relevance shows the results in order of greatest to least relevance to the search term, Price (low to high) shows the results in order of lowest-priced to highest-priced items, and Price (high to low) shows the results in order of highest-priced to lowest-priced items.

Categories for category drop-down

You may specify item categories in your store to show in your store's search bar drop-down list. Specifying and displaying categories in this list requires the Include category drop down option to be enabled. When a category is selected in the drop-down list and a search is performed, only matching items from the selected category will be shown on the search results page.

Default category IDs for categories to display that are detected as existing in your store by the Site Search Settings UI may be pre-populated in this field. You may choose to edit these category IDs, or enter new category IDs. Category IDs should be separated by commas (e.g. category1,category2,category3,category4). The category IDs entered must be a valid category IDs that exist in your store. Category IDs can be found in Store Editor or Catalog Manager. Learn more.

Note: If an item is in multiple sections, the search results will only display the item in the primary parent category.

Include Add to Cart button

When you select the Include Add to Cart button option, an Add to Cart button is displayed with each orderable item returned in the search results. This enables customers to add items to their shopping cart directly from the search results page.

Exclude non-orderable items

Choosing to exclude non-orderable items means items that currently cannot be ordered from your store will not be shown in search results. When this option is not selected, all matching results will be displayed whether or not the item can currently be ordered.

Enable promoted items

When enabled, items matching a search term that are given the promoted attribute in Catalog Manager will be shown before other matching items in search results. For example, you may wish to show matching items with higher profit margins before other items. The promoted attribute must first be added to item tables in Catalog Manager, and specific items you wish to promote in search results must have this attribute set to Yes.

Include category drop-down

Including a category drop-down list beside the search field allows shoppers to select a category from your store to search within, or to search all categories in your store. If you experience issues with the category drop-down, you may also use this option to disable the category drop-down by deselecting it and publishing your settings.

See Also:

• Enabling the new Site Search
• Search filter settings on the Site Search Settings page