Algolia sponsored the 2023 Ecommerce Site Search Trends report, which highlights how companies plan to invest in search-related technologies this year. The survey of 900 IT and business decision makers emphasizes the importance of search for generating revenue and its impact on personalization across various channels. Personalization is a key component of the customer experience, but most respondents have only implemented basic features such as "related products" and product recommendations based on items searched for or purchased. Many respondents are still in the early stages of implementing personalization capabilities, with 56% planning to implement a "saved items for later" program and 42% offering text subscription programs soon. To maximize revenue potential, companies need to leverage their first-party data and use search technology as a starting point. Personalization matters to consumers, driving up to a 25% revenue lift and higher customer loyalty. Leveraging data, such as demographic and psychographic information, contextual data, and existing systems like search solutions, can help implement personalization in multiple ways, including dynamic catalog and product listing pages, recommendations, and machine learning algorithms that re-rank search query results in real-time.