Case Study: Leading Automotive Search and Information Services Company boosts revenue with Lucidworks Solr

Leading Automotive Search and Information Services Company - Customer Case Study

The customer, a leading automotive search and information services company, faced the challenge of migrating from a legacy proprietary search system to Solr while optimizing its search infrastructure for performance and relevance. This was mission-critical for their ad-driven business model, as keeping users on their web properties directly increased revenue. They engaged the vendor, Lucidworks (then Lucid Imagination), for expert assistance.

Lucidworks provided a comprehensive analysis and implementation strategy that enabled the customer to complete the migration in just 30 days. Their solutions included refining data structures, which reduced the search field count by 200x, and providing guidance on sharding, replication, and schema redesign. This optimization resulted in improved search relevance, performance, and stability, directly contributing to an increase in on-site revenue.