A 3D stack showing six product documents at the bottom, their split words in the middle, and the inverted index on top, with a search box that lights up the posting lists and documents a query uses.
This happens once, when a product is saved to the shop.
1 · Documents (6 products)
2 · Split into lowercase words
3 · Inverted index · each word points to its posting list, the documents that contain it
Drag the stack in any direction to turn it.
Type a word, and the stack above lights up the posting lists and products your search uses.