Konabos replaced Virtua Health’s outdated search platform with SearchStax, delivering an optimized, user-friendly search experience that significantly reduced development time and costs.
Server maintenance costs reduced by 80%
Search performance increased by 60%
Virtua Health was utilizing an unsupported version of Coveo On-Premises to power its website search functionality. The project aimed to transition from Coveo to SearchStax while preserving the existing user experience and taking advantage of the advanced capabilities offered by SearchStax SearchStudio.
The client faced several challenges, including the lack of support for Coveo On-Premises, the need for a dedicated server to maintain the search engine, and limitations in the search results display, such as no keyword highlighting, poor pagination, and static facets that displayed zero options. Additionally, the absence of search analytics and insight dashboards hindered the marketing and business teams from making informed decisions.
To address these challenges, Konabos implemented SearchStax for Sitecore as a plug-and-play solution. The process involved installing and configuring the Sitecore package to connect with SearchStax search apps, replacing Coveo with SearchStax, utilizing the SearchStax UI accelerator for efficiency, and creating only two new Sitecore renderings alongside seven new SearchStax computed fields.
The implementation empowered the marketing team to leverage analytics for enhancing customer experiences. The project was completed efficiently, with less than 70 hours dedicated to Sitecore development, approximately 10 hours for configuring SearchStax search apps, and under 20 hours for front-end development to achieve the desired look and feel for the search page.