Vidisape guide
Search that helps shoppers find more
A practical guide to setting up semantic AI search across your product catalog.
What is Vidisape?
Vidisape is a semantic AI search layer for ecommerce catalogs. It helps shoppers express intent naturally and returns relevant products even when their wording does not match your catalog exactly.
Understand intent
Enrich products
Improve discovery
How it works
Connect your ecommerce platform, let Vidisape index your catalog, then review search behavior in the dashboard. You can tune results with boosts and rewrites while AI-assisted enrichment improves the vocabulary behind each query.
Search discovery
Semantic search connects a shopper's intent with relevant products, not just matching keywords. Keep product titles and descriptions clear, then use analytics to identify gaps in your catalog language.
Typo tolerance
Vidisape can recognize common misspellings and still guide shoppers toward useful results. Review zero-result queries regularly to identify terms that need a synonym or rewrite.
AI product enrichment
AI-assisted enrichment helps organize product attributes, synonyms, and tags so your catalog can answer more ways of asking for the same thing. Review generated values before publishing changes.
Category boost rules
Boost rules let you give selected categories more visibility for relevant queries. Keep rules specific, document their purpose, and revisit them as your merchandising strategy changes.
Manual query rewrites
Use a rewrite when a known customer phrase needs a deliberate interpretation. A rewrite can map a phrase to a category, synonym, or preferred query without changing the original catalog data.
Similar products
Similar-product discovery helps shoppers continue browsing from an item they already like. Use clear product data and meaningful attributes to improve the quality of recommendations.
Analytics
Use query analytics to understand demand, engagement, and gaps. Focus on recurring zero-result searches and queries with low engagement when deciding what to improve next.
Languages
Keep customer-facing catalog terms consistent across the languages you support. Vidisape's dashboard labels may remain in English while your product data reflects your storefront language.
Access roles
Give teammates the access they need for their role. Separate day-to-day search tuning from broader catalog or workspace administration where your setup supports it.
Dashboard
Start in the dashboard to review catalog status, recent search activity, and areas that need attention. Use it as the home base for search quality work.
Query analytics
Filter and review common queries, engagement patterns, and searches that need merchandising attention. Turn repeated findings into focused improvements.
Zero-result queries
Open zero-result queries, identify the shopper's intent, then add a synonym, rewrite, product, or category that closes the gap.
Boost rules
Create a rule for a clear merchandising goal, choose the relevant category or products, and confirm that it does not hide better results for adjacent intents.
Manual rewrites
Write the customer phrase and the intended interpretation, then test nearby variations. Keep rewrites concise and easy for teammates to understand.
Products and categories
Maintain accurate product attributes and category structure. Search quality depends on the product data available to the index.
FAQ
Does Vidisape replace my ecommerce platform?
No. It works as a search and discovery layer alongside your existing platform.
What should I improve first?
Start with zero-result queries and frequently searched terms with weak engagement.
Can I control the results?
Yes. Use category boosts and manual rewrites for deliberate merchandising control.