Product
Advanced Search
Help people find the right thing instantly — instead of scrolling, guessing, or giving up.
Our Advanced Search is a pre-configured search engine layer that integrates directly into your existing databases and content repositories. The package includes typo-tolerance, predictive suggestions, and multi-category filtering. We deploy the search interface and connect the indexing pipelines to ensure immediate, highly accurate results across all your digital platforms.
Features
Deliverables & Impact
Typo-tolerant, instant search
Results as you type, even when the query is misspelled or partial
Faceted filtering
Visitors narrow large result sets by category, type, or date without leaving the page
Relevance tuning
Ranking shaped to your content and priorities, so the right result comes first
Synonyms and query rules
Industry terms, abbreviations, and alternate phrasings all lead to the same answer
Search analytics
See what people search for — and what returns nothing — so you can close content gaps
Scales with the library
Stays fast from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of records
Drops into your existing front-end
Plugs into the site you already have, rather than requiring a rebuild
Use Cases
Technical Scenarios &
Implementations
Knowledge bases and regulatory documentation
Users need to navigate dense text, help articles, or public policy to find specific rules and forms quickly. We implement an information retrieval layer that surfaces the exact answer immediately, bypassing generic keyword matches.
Multi-attribute catalogues and listings
Visitors need to sort through complex datasets—such as products, services, or directory records—using multiple criteria simultaneously. We build a high-performance search and filtering mechanism that updates instantly as attributes are selected.
Upgrading native CMS search infrastructure
The default search functionality bundled with your content management system cannot handle complex queries or maintain low latency at scale. We replace the legacy out-of-the-box search with a dedicated, high-speed external index.
Deflecting support volume through findability
High volumes of routine customer enquiries often point to a disconnect in content discovery. We optimise the user interface to ensure self-service documentation is immediately accessible, lowering the volume of basic inbound tickets.
Process
Delivery Roadmap
Index design
We model your content into a search index structured for speed and relevant ranking.
Search and filter UI
An instant search experience with faceted filters, built into your front-end.
Relevance and rules tuning
Synonyms, ranking, and query rules configured to your content so the right results surface first.
Search analytics setup
Dashboards showing top queries and no-result searches, so you can see and close content gaps.
Handover and documentation
A walkthrough of the index, rules, and how to maintain them as your content changes.
Predictable & Transparent Plans
Free
A findability taster
- Discovery • One 1-hour call
- Search review • A read on your current search gaps + a sample relevance sketch
Starter
Fast, typo-tolerant search for a single source
- Discovery & index • Content modelled into one search index
- Search UI • Instant search + faceted filters in your front-end
- Relevance & rules • Core ranking + synonyms configured
- Analytics • Top-query and no-result dashboards
- Support • 2 weeks post-deploy
Business
Tuned, multi-source search at scale
- Discovery & index • Multiple sources modelled into a tuned index
- Search UI • Instant search, multi-facet filtering + sorting
- Relevance & rules • Heavily tuned ranking, synonyms, and query rules
- Analytics • Dashboards + a content-gap review
- Support • 4–6 weeks post-deploy
FAQs
Common Questions
Will this work with our current site and CMS?
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Yes — it indexes content from your CMS or data source and drops into your existing front-end. No rebuild required.
How is this different from the search our CMS already has?
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Built-in CMS search usually queries the database directly — slow, literal, and easily defeated by a typo. This uses a dedicated index built for instant, typo-tolerant, relevance-ranked results.
Can our team manage relevance and synonyms?
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Yes. We set up the rules and hand over the controls and documentation, so your team can adjust synonyms and ranking without code.
Does it scale if our content grows a lot?
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Yes — the search index is independent of your site and built to stay fast from hundreds to hundreds of thousands of records.
What does it pair well with?
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It sits on the same stack as the Content Management Platform and Web Frontend — search over the content you manage in the hub, rendered in the front-end your visitors already use.
Tech Stack
Proof
Case Studies
Recent projects built on this product.
Ministry of Education
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Ministry of Education
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FairWay Resolution
Financial Dispute Resolution Service
A digital platform that makes it easy for consumers to resolve financial complaints and manage regulatory obligations.
Turkish Islamic Society of Victoria
Ihsan Info Centre
A touchscreen experience for Melbourne's Coburg Islamic Centre — stories, resources, backed by a content platform the centre's curators.
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