Why is our eCommerce website's Search function so slow?

Discussion in 'eCommerce' started by Geezertd, May 23, 2010.

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    Hey all,

    We've recently released our online shopping/price comparison website http://www.seewhosells.com/ live out of beta mode, however we are having major troubles optimizing the search. :eek:

    Our programmers are constantly importing new product feeds for the sake of having the most accurate cheap prices, however as you can see if you visit the site, most searches take a LONG time to process.

    Are there any people out there who use similar site searches who can provide advice on how to get the searches processing quicker? Any help or feedback would be appreciated.

    Cheers :cool:
     
    Geezertd, May 23, 2010 IP
  2. digitalpoint

    digitalpoint Overlord of no one Staff

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    What database/seearch engine are you using for it?
     
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    It's running Apache if I recall correctly...
     
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    That's the web server, not the database/search engine. :)
     
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    I'd have to ask our programmers, will get back to you, appreciate the help in the mean time :)
     
    Geezertd, May 23, 2010 IP