I've supported A/B testing of Algolia search systems at three companies now, and have dived deep into A/B testing generally as well as specifically for search. The Algolia documentation on search A/B testing is technically adequate for getting started, and the dashboard has improved, but there are still many ways that …

Engineering leadership knows the standard playbook for product teams: the Product Trio, the Spotify model, outcome-based roadmaps, and so on. I've seen teams adopt these practices and still struggle when they add responsibility for advanced algorithms -- search, recommendations, predictive modeling, or generative AI -- …

What are Post-Query Refinement Suggestions?

One of my favorite search UX patterns is post-query refinement suggestions — buttons that appear between the search box and results, adjusting the query in various ways. See, for instance, these suggestions on Etsy, which recommend that I filter by shipping speed, seller …