Implementation of web product search engine (part I)
Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular with easy access to the internet. Compared to a traditional retail store, it provides many advantages for both retailers and consumers. Traditional product search methods are limited to category and text searches. Having the ability to per...
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| Format: | Final Year Project |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52062 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Online shopping is becoming increasingly popular with easy access to the
internet. Compared to a traditional retail store, it provides many advantages
for both retailers and consumers.
Traditional product search methods are limited to category and text searches.
Having the ability to perform an image search and even combine it with other
search methods will allow users to easily find their desired products. As the
initial search will not always return the desired results, search refining options
will be required to refine the search results.
The purpose of this project is to improve on a visual-based web product
search engine with a focus on website user interface design and extending
the search functionalities.
A web service was improved to provide combination of search methods and
provide search refining options. The options include product attributes, colour,
text and ordering of search results. A user interface to utilise the web service
was developed with ease of use and being minimalistic in mind. This allows
users to easily access information that they are most interested in and having
the information presented without clutter.
The website is ensured to be functional across all modern browsers and to
have basic functionalities even when JavaScript or CSS is disabled. This
gives users a consistent experience regardless of their choice of browser. It
also ensures that no user is excluded if JavaScript or CSS is not available
and gives an enhanced experience to those that have it.
Going forward, caching and load balancing can be implemented as the
website traffic increases to maintain the same standard of performance.
Mobile applications for the website can be developed to utilise the camera
and native user interface to give the user a better experience. Connecting the
web service to social networking services can give the website a greater
exposure and data mining can help to improve the user experience. |
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