When even the commercial vendors are using it, has open source search won?
There have been some interesting announcements recently which may point to an increasing realisation amongst commercial search firms that an open source model is an essential advantage in today’s...
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Search Insights 2018 – a free, independent report on search
Over the last 17 years of running Flax I’ve met many people who loudly profess to be experts in various aspects of the search business. Some have a new product or service to sell, that promises to...
View ArticleHaystack, the search relevance conference – day 2
Two weeks ago I attended the Haystack relevance conference – I’ve already written about my overall impressions and on the first day’s talks but the following are some more notes on the conference...
View ArticleDefining relevance engineering, part 1: the background
Relevance Engineering is a relatively new concept but companies such as Flax and our partners Open Source Connections have been carrying out relevance engineering for many years. So what is a relevance...
View ArticleDefining relevance engineering part 2: learning the business
Relevance Engineering is a relatively new concept but companies such as Flax and our partners Open Source Connections have been carrying out relevance engineering for many years. So what is a relevance...
View ArticleLucene Solr London: Search Quality Testing and Search Procurement
Mimecast were our kind hosts for the latest London Lucene/Solr Meetup (and even provided goodie bags). It’s worth repeating that we couldn’t run these events without the help of sponsors and hosts and...
View ArticleDefining relevance engineering part 3: technical assessment
Relevance Engineering is a relatively new concept but companies such as Flax and our partners Open Source Connections have been carrying out relevance engineering for many years. So what is a relevance...
View ArticleMore needles, more Haystacks, more relevance!
Those of us who have been working in the search sector for a while know that search tuning isn’t just a matter of installing the default configuration, pointing the engine at some content and starting...
View ArticleFlax joins OpenSource Connections
We have some news! From February 1st 2019 Flax’s Managing Director Charlie Hull will be joining OpenSource Connections (OSC), Flax’s long-standing US partner, as a senior Managing Consultant. Charlie...
View ArticleLittle Mermaids, Haystacks and moving on
As I announced recently Flax is joining OpenSource Connections, and I recently spent a very pleasant week in Virginia with my new colleagues discussing our plans for the year to come. Without giving...
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