Seguridad Mania.com - España y América Latina

SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 06/24/15 -- Creating links between members is one of the key features of a social network and every month tens of millions of searches are carried out on Viadeo. With members looking to target potential clients, get in touch with recruiters, or simply connect with acquaintances, the network's search facility is an essential component.

Now, in order to help members find the right person more quickly, Viadeo has taken steps to upgrade this feature by teaming up with French startup Algolia.

Faster, more powerful searching

Algolia offers a "software-as-a-service" search engine, allowing website and app developers to provide users with a real-time, "as-you-type" search experience. Using the service, visitors can gain access to the content they are looking for with just a few keystrokes, providing a considerable boost to overall user experience.

For Viadeo, the decision to go with Algolia was an easy one. As Benjamin Magnan, Viadeo's Product Manager explained: "We wanted to make an immediate difference by providing users with instantaneous, highly-relevant searching. Algolia's solution responded perfectly to our needs, offering all the key features of a modern search facility while allowing us to adapt their service to our particular industry."

Now, all 65 million members of the PSN can carry out their searches in record time.

"Providing real-time searching to several million members on a social networking platform was an interesting challenge," said Sylvain Utard, VP of Engineering at Algolia. "We worked hand in hand with Viadeo's technical teams -- particularly on issues related to social proximity, but also in terms of multilingual searching -- and the platform's members can now enjoy an ultra-fast and relevant solution."

Along with its user-friendly design, the new service offers several other eagerly-anticipated features:
- Searching is now twice as fast
- Searches recognize spelling errors
- Search terms are interpreted more accurately
- Results can be fine-tuned with new filters (e.g. line of work, skills, company size)

So, whether you are looking for Photoshop-savvy graphic designers in Marseille or recruiters working for SMEs in Grenoble, the process is now quicker and easier than ever. The true power of the PSN is now within everyone's grasp.

Algolia, the latest addition to the Viadeo infrastructure

With Algolia's SaaS engine being so easy to integrate and use, the solution has proven to be a very natural addition to the Viadeo infrastructure. Furthermore, collaborating on a so-called "classic" service such as searching has also allowed Viadeo's engineers to tap into several other areas of technological innovation that provide considerable added value for the brand, such as content recommendations and predictions of user behavior.

Looking ahead, new search features based on other key PSN data will be launched in the near future: "The new member search engine will be available to all users from 24 June 2015 and, thanks to the many opportunities that this solution offers us, we'll soon be enhancing the service even further," concluded Benjamin Magnan.

About Viadeo

Viadeo is a global leader in the world of professional social networking with 65 million members worldwide and is France's number one PSN with 10 million members. Regardless of industry or location, Viadeo provides all professionals -- be it an entire company or an individual -- with the opportunity to maximize their potential for success by enabling them to adopt and to master tools emerging alongside the latest developments in the job market. From strengthening your professional network to increasing your visibility and developing your employability, Viadeo provides members with the keys to success in the world of recruitment and employment online and on mobiles.

For all additional information, please visit www.viadeo.com

Press contacts
Alquier Communication
Clara Bamberger / Thibault Brugeron
Tel: 01 49 26 92 22
cb@alquiercommunication.fr / tb@alquiercommunication.fr

About Algolia

Founded in 2012, Algolia's aim is to make searching on a website or a mobile app as fast and effective as possible. To this end, Algolia provides developers with an easy to integrate search API offering an intuitive "as-you-type" design that refreshes search results in real time. Ultimately, this enhanced search experience provides an overall boost to user engagement on online and mobile services.

With offices in San Francisco and Paris, Algolia currently has over 700 clients in 50 countries. The company's recent funding round secured over $18M, primarily from growth equity firm Accel Partners.

To find out more about Algolia, visit our website: www.algolia.com