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=== Personalized search ===
=== Personalized search ===


Users are being asked to enter preferences for each attribute (or a specific subset of attributes), for instance:
On the client, users are being asked to enter preferences for each attribute (or a specific subset of attributes), for instance:


* The product is vegetarian - [ ] Not important, [ ] Important, [ ] Very important, [ ] Mandatory.
* The product is vegetarian - [ ] Not important, [ ] Important, [ ] Very important, [ ] Mandatory.
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Based on the users preferences and the "match" key of the Product Attributes, apps can exclude some results (e.g. if a mandatory requirement is not fully met) and re-rank search results.
Based on the users preferences and the "match" key of the Product Attributes, apps can exclude some results (e.g. if a mandatory requirement is not fully met) and re-rank search results.


Sample algorithm to compute a user defined sort key:
The filtering and ranking is done on the client, the preferences are not sent to the server.
 
Sample client-side algorithm to compute a user defined sort key:


* for each requirement in user preferences
* for each requirement in user preferences