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RELEVANT SEARCH RESULTS

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FEWER BUT BETTER

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FULL TEXT SEARCH STRATEGY

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BLUE FEMALE XL BURTON JACKET

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Phase 1. OOTB First results

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Cheap blue Phase 1. OOTB SOLR request

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XXL jacket Cheap blue XXL jacket

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Size: (XXL, XL, )

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Color: Blue, Green,...
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Price: (10-50,51-100, )

Gender: male,female
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Phase 2. Query
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Facets:
Cheap blue
XXL jacket
Size: (XXL, XL, ) XXL

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Color: Blue, Green,... blue

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Gender: male,female
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Phase 3. Probing Free text search jacket Another example 200mm

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All combinations Free Text + facets
results Free text search 200mm
1 jacket Size:XXL X Search

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All combinations Free Text + facets

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2 jacket Color:Blue Y 1 200mm Size:XXL X

Filter and sort

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Jacket+XXL+Blue
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Ranges Free text search jacket

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Found! Found! Found! Found!

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Results page Results page Results page
Pages Main page Results page
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Blue female
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User choice burton blue Burton XL Female
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Gender

Brand
Color
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Size

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Burton
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female
Blue S, M, L supporing special
Red XL, XXL words
Green
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HOW SEARCH WORKS (OOTB)

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