Walmart Announces New Search Engine to Power Walmart.com

Walmart today announced a new search engine for Walmart.com to help millions of shoppers browse, discover and purchase items in an easy, fast and intuitive manner. Built from the ground up by @WalmartLabs, the research and technology hub for innovation at Walmart, the engine uses semantic search technology to anticipate the intent of a shopper's search to deliver highly relevant results for them. Walmart.com has already seen an approximate 10-15 percent increase in shoppers completing a purchase after searching for a product using the new search engine.