Migration to Sitecore 10 and Solr to Speed Up Website Performance and Enable Geospatial Searches

Client Profile

The Client is a leading real estate management company headquartered in the UK, offering services globally.

Challenge

The Client’s website was powered by Sitecore 8, with Sitecore 10 available as an upgrade. Also, certain pages took about 4 seconds to load, prompting the need for improvements.

Additionally, the Lucene library limitations for full-text search functionality led to data inconsistency between servers.

Given the website's crucial role as a primary conversion channel, addressing these issues became imperative to ensure seamless operations and maintain optimal performance.

SOLUTION

Our specialists collaborated with the Client's team to gather and evaluate requirements, establish project goals and objectives, outline the scope of work, and determine the appropriate tech stack.

The strategy was executed by a dedicated team, composed of a project manager, a business analyst, Sitecore-certified developers, a system architect, a UI/UX designer, and QA specialists.

To ensure successful migration results, SaM Solutions’ experts:

• Analyzed the project backlog and conducted the website’s content, SEO, tech, integration, and infrastructure audit.
• Prepared and optimized a new Sitecore 10 infrastructure.
• Migrated all the content to a new platform.
• Redesigned key pages upon the Client’s request.
• Developed new website features and integrations.
• Conducted end-to-end QA and testing and a post-migration audit.
• Implemented new features for website health monitoring.
• Launched the revamped website.

The successful migration to Sitecore 10 facilitated the transition from Lucene to the latest version of Solr, resolving the data inconsistency issue. Solr’s support for searches by GPS coordinates was particularly crucial for the Client.

Services

Sitecore Migration, Sitecore Development, Website Audit, Business Analysis, Project Management, UI/UX Design, QA and Testing

Technologies

SUCCESS

SaM Solutions’ experts ensured a seamless migration from Sitecore 8 to Sitecore 10, enabling uninterrupted services for users without any inconvenience.

The migration resulted in a significant improvement in page load time, reducing it from 4 to 1 second, thereby achieving the goal of performance enhancement.

The transition to the latest version of the Solr full-text search platform improved search speed and result quality by leveraging location data, while also resolving data inconsistency issues between servers.