Add Synonyms

Increase customer engagement by adding your own curated list of Live Search synonyms. Live Search can manage up to 200 synonyms per Data Space ID.

Step 1: Add a synonym

1. In the Admin, go to Marketing > SEO & Search > Live Search.
2. For multiple stores, set Scope to the store view where the synonym settings apply.
3. Click the Synonyms tab.
4. Click the Add synonyms button.

Step 2: Define the synonym by type

Follow the instructions for the type of synonym that you want to create.

Two-way synonym

1. Accept the default Two-way option.

   

2. Enter the Keyword term or phrase to be matched.

3. Enter the Expansion term(s) that you want to add as synonyms for the keyword. Separate multiple terms with a comma.
   In this example, the keyword to match is “pants” and the set of expansion terms are “long pants, trousers, slacks”.

   

4. When complete, click Save.
   The set of synonyms appears in the list with a two-way arrow between each term that means the terms are interchangeable.

   

One-way synonym

1. Click the One-way synonym type.

   

2. Enter the Keyword and Expansion terms. Separate multiple terms with a comma.

   

   In this example, the keyword is “pants” and the one-way expansion terms “capris, calf-length pants, peddle-pushers” are each a subset of “pants”, but with a specific meaning.

3. When complete, click Save.
   The set of synonyms appears in the list with a one-way arrow pointing from the expansion terms to the keyword to indicate the terms are subsets of the keyword. A plus sign separates each expansion term.

   

Step 3: Publish changes

1. When your synonyms are complete, click Publish changes.
2. Wait for up to two hours for your updates to become available in the storefront.

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