<p>The company was using Adobe Experience Manager, an all-inclusive <a href="https://www.gspann.com/services/technology-services/content-management/">content management</a> platform that combines everything needed to manage a website. The company was dependent on the out of the box AEM site search technology based upon the Apache Lucene project. Unfortunately, this built-in component suffered from several limitations, including: </p> <ul><li>Degraded search performance after 10,000 pages </li> <li>Increase in the repository size since the core Lucene engine search took a lot of space to index binaries</li> <li>Putting more effort into surfacing content from search results than with other contemporary search platforms</li></ul> <p>In brief, the company wanted: </p> <ul><li><strong>A scalable, high-performance search capability:</strong> The company had a high content volume explaining how their devices help treat various chronic health conditions. The high volume caused website search performance to steadily decline. They wanted a search solution that would easily scale and maintain high performance.</li> <li><strong>A cost-effective alternative to the current system:</strong> Their existing search engine used a tremendous amount of storage while creating indexes, skyrocketing cloud storage costs.</li> <li><strong>A modern customer search experience: </strong> Their customers were demanding better search features. To meet the demands, they needed a platform with modern search features like smart sorting, natural language support, query elevation, intelligent suggestions, etc.</li> </ul>