Content Search: Find Anything in Your Catalogue Instantly
Search reads every title, synopsis and tag in your catalogue and puts matching titles in front of viewers as they type, on the website and in your apps.
Search Is Where Viewing Sessions Begin
Vodlix content search is where most viewing sessions begin once a catalogue grows. Browsing works for the first hundred titles; after that, viewers arrive with something in mind, whether a title, a plot detail they half remember or a mood, and they want to find it immediately. Search matches the words in a title's synopsis as well as its name, so a viewer who types "ferry" finds the film about two rival ferry captains. For OTT operators, fast and accurate search is the difference between a viewer who plays something and one who closes the app.
Your Metadata Powers the Search Index
In Vodlix, search quality is metadata quality. Search reads each title's name, its description and its tags, so the words your team puts in those fields are the words viewers find it by. Genre and mood words such as drama, feel-good or documentary belong in the tags. The built in search reads your live catalogue, so there is no separate indexing step: a title is searchable as soon as it is published, and unpublished titles never appear. Improving metadata under Metadata Management improves search results automatically.
Instant results
Three characters is enough.
Full index
Titles, synopses and tags.
Every screen
Web, mobile and TV apps.
Results After a Few Characters
Vodlix search starts returning results from the third character and updates them as the viewer types, with no need to press Enter. A viewer who types part of a title, a word from a synopsis or a tag sees matching films and series straight away, and live channels match too. Movies and TV Shows buttons narrow the results to one type, and a display setting adds individual episodes to the results. A query with no match says so plainly and suggests trying a different title, genre or keyword.
Consistent Search on Web, Mobile and TV
The website and the mobile web app run the same search against the same catalogue, so a viewer who finds a title on a laptop finds it the same way on a phone, where the tab bar keeps Search one tap away. Your branded mobile and TV apps query the same catalogue through the Vodlix API, and a dedicated Roku search feed hands your titles to Roku's own search. Viewers learn one behaviour that works everywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
Have questions about taking advantage of this limited-time offer? Check out the FAQ for answers.
What does Vodlix content search look through?
Vodlix content search matches a title's name, its description and its tags across films, series and live channels, and can include individual episodes when that display setting is on. Genre and mood words work when they are in a title's tags.
How fast are Vodlix search results?
Results start from the third character and update as the viewer types, with no need to press Enter, on the website and in the mobile web app.
Do I need to index content separately for search?
Not with the built in search. It reads your live catalogue, so a title is findable as soon as it is published and unpublished titles never appear. If you connect Algolia, Typesense or Elasticsearch instead, new titles appear once that service has indexed them.
Does Vodlix search work on TV and mobile apps?
Yes. The website and the mobile web app share one search, your branded mobile and TV apps query the same catalogue through the Vodlix API, and a dedicated Roku search feed makes your titles findable in Roku's own search.
How do I improve search results on Vodlix?
Fill in rich, accurate metadata under Vodlix Metadata Management. Search reads each title's name, description and tags, so well described titles are well found titles on every screen.
What can I do to improve search results on my platform?
Fill in your metadata properly. Complete synopses and useful tags, including genre and mood words, are what search reads, so a catalogue that has been described carefully is far easier to search than one where only the titles were filled in.
What do viewers see when a search returns nothing?
A clear "No results" message for their query with a prompt to try a different title, genre or keyword, so they can adjust the search straight away instead of wondering whether it worked.