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Learn the foundations about Yext's natural language site search powered by Knowledge Graph.

Core Competencies Gained

Knowledge of the value of site search in the customer journey
Skills to build the foundation to a great Answers experience with Yext
Create a natural language site search experience powered by the Knowledge Graph

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21 modules 17.5 hours 3500 points

Unit 1: Introduction to Site Search

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Why Site Search is Important

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Site Search Technologies

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: How Yext Helps You Optimize Your Owned Search

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

5 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: What is an Answers Experience

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Overview of Search Results

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Answers and the Knowledge Graph

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: The Search Query Journey

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Search Quality

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 6: Navigating Answers

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 7: Answers Implementation Process

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: What is JSON?

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Common JSON Errors

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Search Configuration Overview

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Configuration Controls

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: How to Create and Edit a Search Configuration

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Configuration Labels

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

15 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Overview of Verticals

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Setting Up a Vertical Configuration

15 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Vertical Searchable Fields

20 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Additional Search Configuration Settings

20 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

30 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: What are Query Suggestions?

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Hardcoded Prompts

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Best Practices for Hardcoded Prompts

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Popular Queries

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: What are Synonyms

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: How Synonyms Work

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: How to Add and Remove Synonyms

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Best Practices and Common Use Cases

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Synonym Limitations and Nuances

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Overview of the Algorithm & How Indexing Works

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Location Detection in the Algorithm

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Tokens and Results Ranking

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

5 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: How the Frontend Works

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Introduction to Jambo

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: The Code Editor

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Live Preview

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Page Generation

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Frontend UI Refresher

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Global Settings & Locale Configuration

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Adding & Updating Pages

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Customizing Your Pages

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Configuring No Results

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 6: Adding & Updating Cards

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 7: Adding Images

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 8: Putting it All Together

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

30 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: What is JavaScript

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: JavaScript Functions

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Standard Data Mappings

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Defining New Cards

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Deep Dive into CTAs

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Target Behavior of Links

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Formatting Direct Answers

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 6: Troubleshooting Common Errors

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

30 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Creating a New Vertical

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Best Practices and Troubleshooting

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

30 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: What is CSS?

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Inspecting Live CSS

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Variables, Common CSS Rules and Intro to SASS

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: CSS Units of Measurement - Absolute vs. Relative

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Answers Variables - Updating Standard Branding Elements

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Answers SCSS - Updating Custom Elements

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Adding Rich Text

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

15 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: QA Overview

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Browser Testing QA

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Search Quality QA

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: User Interface (UI) QA

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Analytics QA

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

5 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Debugging Overview

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Debugging the Backend - Search Detail, Experience Preview, and API Requests

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Debugging the Frontend

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

5 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Understanding the Integration Phases

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Add Search Bar - Header Option

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Add Search Bar - Overlay Option

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Select Results Page Option and Add a Domain

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Publish an Experience to Production

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 6: Standing Up an Answers Results Page - Client Hosted and JS Snippet Options

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

30 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Answers Analytics on the Answers Overview Screen

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Answers Analytics in Report Builder

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Available Metrics and What They Represent

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: How Answers Captures Analytics

5 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Understand IP Filtering

5 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

10 min, 100 points

completed

Unit 1: Continuous Optimization Approach

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 2: Reviewing & Scoring Search Terms

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 3: Improving Search Results

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 4: Version Comparison

10 min, 20 points

completed

Unit 5: Search Term Clustering

10 min, 20 points

completed

Module Assessment

30 min, 100 points

completed

Module Assessment

45 min, 200 points

completed

21 modules 17.5 hours 3500 points