Shopping Guides
Algolia Shopping Guides are currently in beta according to the Algolia Terms of Service (“Beta Services”).
Algolia’s Shopping Guides use generative AI to instantly create shopping content based on your product catalog. By leveraging your index data, we ensure that the guides are highly relevant, helping shoppers make informed purchasing decisions.
With engaging, tailored content, Shopping Guides enhance the shopping experience, keeping users on your site longer and increasing the likelihood of conversions. Additionally, AI-generated guides improve SEO by providing fresh, keyword-rich content that aligns with what customers are searching for.
Types of Shopping Guides
Algolia provides three types of Shopping Guides, each designed to target different stages of the customer’s shopping journey.
- Shopping guide: Inspire shoppers by spotlighting specific categories and sparking interest
- Category guide: Help shoppers dive deeper into categories by highlighting key features to consider
- Comparison guide: Simplify the decision-making process by comparing products within a category
How Shopping Guides are displayed
You can choose how you want to display Shopping Guides on your website: as full content or as headlines.
Displayed as content
The Shopping Guide’s full content is displayed on your website.
Displayed as headline
When displayed as headlines, shopping guides appear as previews, which you can customize. This is useful for compact spaces like category pages, product listing pages, and product detail pages.
To add shopping guides to your site: