When implementing Answerbase Ecommerce Product Q&A App on your ecommerce store, you'll be looking to make it easy for users to understand that they can ask their pre-purchase questions about the product and allowing them to see the most commonly asked questions about products on your page as well. Call to Action Widget Typically under the product title, there will be a preview of the reviews activity for the prod Read more
Answerbase's administration dashboard allows you to effectively manage your categorization structure, with all the appropriate tools to add new categories, subcategories, manage those categories, view activity, and a host of other features. Read more
It's a brave new world and the whole planet is talking about AI....and we've run into many customers who aren't up to date with if/how to use AI and what Google has said about it, so we wanted to create an article that goes over the detials of what Google has said and how to appropriately use AI to create efficiencies. First....let's just set everybody's mind at ease.....Google has made it abundantly clear that using Read more
Rovingblue provides a selection of Ozone water purifiers for travel, off-grid living, and emergencies. They came to Answerbase because they have great products, but in the new land of SEO (search engine optimization), GEO (Generative engine optimization), AEO (answer engine optimization), or whatever you want to call it....it's been hard to filter through all fo the communication about AI and determine what is actual Read more
Answerbase gives you the ability to define a Service Level Agreement (SLA) where you can determine how quickly questions should be answered, and it will send reminders to those responsible for answering questions if those goals aren't met. These SLA's can be defined globally, per category or tag, or on the individual question level. See the video for an overview of these tools and how to work with them. Read more
Answerbase provides a number of system settings which allow you to appropriately configure your knowledge base to align with your requirements. See the video below to get an overview of the system settings that Answerbase has available. Read more
As you answer questions through Answerbase you should start seeing an increase of your Google Search Console impressions and eventually clicks and click through rate. If you're not experiencing this we have a few items that you should check in on to ensure that you're set up to get the best out of your Answerbase engagement. Have you Added Your Answerbase Knowledge Base Sitemap to Google Search Console? As you're ans Read more
Rovingblue provides a selection of Ozone water purifiers for travel, off-grid living, and emergencies. They came to Answerbase because they have great products, but in the new land of SEO (search engine optimization), GEO (Generative engine optimization), AEO (answer engine optimization), or whatever you want to call it....it's been hard to filter through all fo the communication about AI and determine what is actual Read more
When implementing Answerbase Ecommerce Product Q&A App on your ecommerce store, you'll be looking to make it easy for users to understand that they can ask their pre-purchase questions about the product and allowing them to see the most commonly asked questions about products on your page as well. Call to Action Widget Typically under the product title, there will be a preview of the reviews activity for the prod Read more
We know that ecommerce FAQs bring value...but we're always honest with our customers that quality content creation, recognition, and then SEO results are a longer term game. We communicate this constantly and we will continue to....that this isn't some kind of "SEO Magic Trick" and that they should be in it for at least a year mindset....but every once in awhile the "SEO Miracle" happens so we're fine with communicat Read more
If you're integrating into a services website, you want to identify the different "Services" that you provide and you'll want to ensure that those are defined when you insert the widget. This documentation covers a services site that has a few services that you provide and have a simple navigation to those services on your site, so if you just have several services you offer this documentation should service you well Read more
Rovingblue provides a selection of Ozone water purifiers for travel, off-grid living, and emergencies. They came to Answerbase because they have great products, but in the new land of SEO (search engine optimization), GEO (Generative engine optimization), AEO (answer engine optimization), or whatever you want to call it....it's been hard to filter through all fo the communication about AI and determine what is actual Read more
If you've installed the Answerbase Shopify Product Questions & Answers App into your store, you're ready to integrate into your site and make sure the functionality is configured as you'd like. Once you are within the administration dashboard, you can review some other configuration preferences by clicking "Shopify App Configuration > Installation Instructions" as seen here: From there, you'll see a number of Read more
Answerbase let's your team apply whatever styles you'd like to the Q&A widget, but we do have a default template that you can apply the styles of if you'd like. When editing your widget CSS under "Customization > CSS" you'll see an option to select one of our available style sheets....and the "Template 1" will look similar to this: If you select that CSS template it'll insert the CSS that gives the above resul Read more
Recently, SEO expert Lily Ray wrote an article discussing some observations in the ecommerce SEO landscape over the past year. The insights highlight a growing trend: Google is now prioritizing results from ecommerce, user-generated content (UGC), and social media sites over traditional product review websites for many commercial and comparison queries (think about the queries like "What is the best xyz product?"). T Read more
We had a customer who had over 2K Q&A pairs from another platform that they imported into Answerbase, so wanted to communicate on what they experienced so future customers that import FAQ/Q&A content from another platform can have an idea of what they may see. Ecommerce FAQs, Effectively Published & Distributed, are Like an Organic Traffic "Light Switch" You can see what happened when they integrated Answ Read more
Thanks for choosing Answerbase for your self help support needs. This guide goes over a few foundational elements to consider as you get started with configuring your Answerbase account and customizing your solution. Add and Manage Your Categories or Tags In your administration area, you'll see an option for either "Categories" or "Tags" in your main navigation depending on what configuration you've chosen for your s Read more
Answerbase integrates with Zapier, enabling you to do more with your Answerbase engagements and data and automate the sending and usage of data collected by Answerbase. When you connect Answerbase with Zapier you'll be asked to authenticate your Answerbsae account through Zapier and you'll see the information you need to manage that within your Answerbase Administration Site under "Integration > API" so you should Read more
Below is the content formatting guide you should use when looking to import users into your Answerbase administration portal. For a smooth import we recommend that you do the following:
IMPORTANT NOTE: We recommend that after you format your users and have it available in the CSV, take a very small batch of 5-10 users and import those first to make sure that everything gets imported as you expect. Then, after t Read more
Recently, SEO expert Lily Ray wrote an article discussing some observations in the ecommerce SEO landscape over the past year. The insights highlight a growing trend: Google is now prioritizing results from ecommerce, user-generated content (UGC), and social media sites over traditional product review websites for many commercial and comparison queries (think about the queries like "What is the best xyz product?"). T Read more
Your users have the ability to subscribe to topics that they're interested in hearing about, so they're aware of any new posts that are published on the knowledge base or aware of engagement around posts they're actively following or have contributed content to. As users, they have the ability to manage these settings when they're logged into their account and as an administrator you can also configure and edit these Read more
Answerbase has several ways of syncing with your product and product categories for your ecommerce site, most are automated but there are some cases where you may need to import your product data. First, identify whether this is needed or not for your integration. Here are the ways that Answerbase syncs with your product information:
Automated Through Widget Parameters: If you've already installed our Q&A w Read more
When customers are looking for a product, many times they're doing a broader "Product Category" or "Product Collection" level search but then they're presented with a number of products within that category and need to filter further from there to find the product they will feel satisfied will fit their needs and convert. Finding the Right Products Through Organic Search Filters Google's new "Merchant Listing Experie Read more
In 2022 Google got a patent issued on something called an "Information Gain Score", where Google can compare several pages that cover the same information and create a score based on which pages are actually adding something to the Internet as far as new information, which they're coining as creating "Information Gain". If you know anything about what is normal when it comes to content creation and publishing, this i Read more
Answerbase gives you all of the tools that you need to manage your content and users who engage with your knowledge base. Answerbase provides you with the a full featured administration interface, allowing you to manage content, manage users, review reporting, customize your knowledge base, integreation tools, as well as a number of settings options to configure the platform as you need. See a quick video overview of Read more
Old Tracking Script - You Need to Update to the New Conversion Tracking Script if You're Still Using The Older Version Answerbase previously supported a tracking pixel which will still work for awhile but needs to be updated with the New Conversion Tracking Script . For reference for customers who still have the older tracking pixel installed so they can understand their parameters and how to translate to the new tra Read more
Answerbase provides you with all the tools you need to effectively create, manage, organize, and moderate user generated tags within your administration dashboard. This video gives you a review of what those tools are and how to use them. Read more
Answerbase provides a variety of widgets, developer API tools, as well as single sign-on capabiltiies to ensure that you're able to seamlessly integrate your knowledge base into your existing website. This video gives an overview of those tools which you can find within your Answerbase administration site. Read more
