Q4 product review
Search relaunch
What shipped, what moved, and the three decisions we need this week.
Product, SearchFictional product, sample deckOctober 2026
The relaunch moved the metrics we bet on
+9%Searches that end in a click
-22%Zero-result searches
4.4Satisfaction score, up from 4.1
Roadmap
Now, next, later
Now
- Typo tolerance
- Filters on mobile
Next
- Saved searches
- Team-wide synonyms
Later
- Natural-language queries
- Search analytics for admins
Milestones this quarter
Beta
10 percent of users.
General
All users, old search removed.
Mobile filters
In design review.
Saved searches
Pending decision 2.
Decision 2
How to build saved searches
| Build in-house | Extend alerts | Buy | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Effort | 8 weeks | 3 weeks | 2 weeks |
| Fit | Exact | Good | Partial |
| Risk | Schedule | Low | Vendor lock-in |
Decision log
Context, options, recommendation
Users ask for saved searches in 31 percent of feedback tickets.
Build, extend our alert system, or buy a component.
Extending alerts is fastest with acceptable fit.
Approve three weeks of engineering
Start November 3, ship December 8.
Decisions needed this week
- Approve mobile filters for the November release.
- Choose the saved-search approach.
- Agree the success metric for natural-language queries.