How site search works with GlobalLink Web

GlobalLink Web employs reverse search, allowing users to make full keyword or phrase searches on a localized site. When someone initiates a search on a localized website, reverse search stops the search action and translates the keyword or phrase back to the source language on the fly. Reverse search replaces the localized word or phrase in the site’s search field and reactivates the search action. The site brings them to the results page, and GlobalLink Web translates it.

For example, a German speaker uses a site that has been localized into German, its source being English. The user comes to the site looking for a new watch. The user clicks the search bar, types “Armbanduhr,” and hits return. GlobalLink Web stops that search request, takes “Armbanduhr,” and translates it into “Watches”; then, GlobalLink Web logic reactivates the search request, sending “Watches” to the site’s servers, not “Armbanduhr. ” This brings the user to the site’s watches results page, which GlobalLink Web translates on the fly.