AnswerBuddy

Your members ask. Your website answers.

 

Help your members find what they need faster. Answer Buddy combines intelligent site search with conversational answers, using your iMIS and website content to turn questions into useful, relevant answers.

Now live

View the documentation here
Please contact support@pseudocode.com.au for pricing and implementation information.

 

Main Features

Members find answers faster

One question replaces a chain of searches, menu clicks and half-read pages

Existing content works harder

Material you've already published gets found and used, including the older pages that navigation has long since buried.

Fewer avoidable enquiries

Routine "where do I find…" questions get answered on the site, freeing your team for the conversations that genuinely need a person.

Help outside office hours

Members who work evenings and weekends get useful answers when nobody's at the desk.

Events, forms and resources surface

The practical things members come for - registrations, applications, guidance notes - turn up in the answer rather than three levels down.

Every answer can be checked

Source links let members verify what they've been told and let your team audit what the site is saying.

Two Ways to Find Things, Working Together

Traditional search does a job it has always done well: showing everything that matches, so people can scan and choose. Answer Buddy adds a second option for people who'd rather ask a question than assemble one.

Works best when the member already knows the right words

Traditional Website Search

  • Returns a list of pages that match those words
  • Leaves the member to open and compare the results
  • Excellent for browsing and for people who know what they're after
     
Accepts a question in ordinary language

Answer Buddy

  • Draws the relevant points together into a short answer
  • Links to the source pages so the detail can be checked
  • Points towards the next step - the form, the event, the contact

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it check our website for problems?

Yes. 

It checks the links on your site regularly and groups the broken ones by the page your editor needs to open. It also shows searches that started on your "page not found" page, pages nothing links to, and pages that share the same title.   

Can we keep some pages out of search?

Yes. 

Your team can hide a single page, or keep out a whole section by its address. Hiding a page takes it out of search only. It stays on your website, and you can restore it at any time.

Does it work on phones?

Yes. 

It runs in the browser on any device, with nothing to install. Members can also ask by voice in Chrome, Edge and Safari.

What if the right page exists but does not come up first?

Your team pins it. You type the phrase people search and choose the page, and it comes first from then on.  For a destination we do not index like a member login page, you add a promotion: your own card, pointing anywhere. 

Can we keep some pages out of search?

Yes. 

Your team can hide a single page, or keep out a whole section by its address. Hiding a page takes it out of search only. It stays on your website, and you can restore it at any time. 

What happens to the voice recordings?

The browser turns speech into text using its own service, from Google, Microsoft or Apple. We only ever receive the words. Nothing is searched until the member presses Search, so they can check the words first. 

Do members need a separate login?

No.

If they are signed in to your website, Answer Buddy recognises them and shows what their membership allows. 

Does it replace our current site search?

It can. 

It can be your site search or run alongside it, for example as a chatbot, or as a separate search for one part of the site such as a directory. 

What if our content is out of date?

The assistant only repeats what your content says, so an out of date page gives an out of date answer. The fix is the page itself. And because every answer shows its sources, members and staff can see exactly where it came from.

What if members spell things wrong or use different words?

The search fixes common misspellings on its own. For short forms and old names, your team adds a synonym once, and it applies to every search from then on. The worklist even suggests them, like "yr" for "year". 

 

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