diff --git a/cms_helper.py b/cms_helper.py
index 2fb45e1..a74b8a1 100755
--- a/cms_helper.py
+++ b/cms_helper.py
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ HELPER_SETTINGS = dict(
         'easy_thumbnails.processors.filters',
     ),
     FILE_UPLOAD_TEMP_DIR=mkdtemp(),
-    SITE_ID=1
+    SITE_ID=1,
+    HAYSTACK_CONNECTIONS = {
+        "default": {}
+    }
 )
 
 try:
diff --git a/djangocms_blog/search_indexes.py b/djangocms_blog/search_indexes.py
index ac492ac..a4433fa 100644
--- a/djangocms_blog/search_indexes.py
+++ b/djangocms_blog/search_indexes.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ from django.utils.encoding import force_text
 from aldryn_search.helpers import get_plugin_index_data
 from aldryn_search.utils import get_index_base, strip_tags
 
+from haystack import indexes
+
 from .models import Post
 from .settings import get_setting
 
@@ -13,11 +15,21 @@ class PostIndex(get_index_base()):
 
     index_title = True
 
+    author = indexes.CharField(indexed=True)
+    #category_ids = indexes.MultiValueField(null=True)
+    #category_titles = indexes.MultiValueField(null=True)
+
+    def get_author(self, post):
+        return post.get_author()
+
     def get_title(self, post):
         return post.safe_translation_getter('title')
 
     def get_description(self, post):
-        return post.safe_translation_getter('abstract')
+        return post.get_description()
+
+    def prepare_pub_date(self, post):
+        return post.date_published.strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
 
     def index_queryset(self, using=None):
         self._get_backend(using)
@@ -36,8 +48,10 @@ class PostIndex(get_index_base()):
         return Post
 
     def get_search_data(self, post, language, request):
-        description = post.safe_translation_getter('abstract')
-        text_bits = [strip_tags(description)]
+        abstract = post.safe_translation_getter('abstract')
+        text_bits = [strip_tags(abstract)]
+        text_bits.append(post.get_description())
+        text_bits.append(get_keywords)
         for category in post.categories.all():
             text_bits.append(
                 force_text(category.safe_translation_getter('name')))
diff --git a/tests/base.py b/tests/base.py
index fc96f81..fd5f24a 100644
--- a/tests/base.py
+++ b/tests/base.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ from cmsplugin_filer_image.models import ThumbnailOption
 from django.contrib.auth import get_user_model
 from django.contrib.sites.models import Site
 from djangocms_helper.base_test import BaseTestCase
+from haystack import connections
+from haystack.constants import DEFAULT_ALIAS
 from parler.utils.context import smart_override
 
 from djangocms_blog.cms_appconfig import BlogConfig
@@ -183,3 +185,9 @@ class BaseTest(BaseTestCase):
             post1.save()
             posts.append(post1)
         return posts
+
+    def get_post_index(self):
+        search_conn = connections[DEFAULT_ALIAS]
+        unified_index = search_conn.get_unified_index()
+        index = unified_index.get_index(Post)
+        return index
diff --git a/tests/test_search.py b/tests/test_search.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4aae878
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_search.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+from __future__ import absolute_import, print_function, unicode_literals
+
+from djangocms_blog.search_indexes import PostIndex
+from . import BaseTest
+
+from haystack.constants import DEFAULT_ALIAS
+
+
+class PluginIndexingTests(BaseTest):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.index = PostIndex()
+
+    def test_blog_post_is_indexed_using_prepare(self):
+        """This tests the indexing path way used by update_index mgmt command"""
+        post = self._get_post(self._post_data[0]['en'])
+        post = self._get_post(self._post_data[0]['it'], post, 'it')
+        index = self.get_post_index()
+        index.index_queryset(DEFAULT_ALIAS)  # initialises index._backend_alias
+        indexed = index.prepare(post)
+        print(indexed)
+        self.assertEqual('First post', indexed['title'])
+        self.assertEqual('This is the description', indexed['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('First post first line This is the description category 1', indexed['text'])
+        self.assertEqual('/en/page-two/2015/10/15/first-post/', indexed['url'])
+
+    def test_blog_post_is_indexed_using_update_object(self):
+        """This tests the indexing path way used by the RealTimeSignalProcessor"""
+        post = self._get_post(self._post_data[0]['en'])
+        post = self._get_post(self._post_data[0]['it'], post, 'it')
+        index = self.get_post_index()
+        index.update_object(post, using=DEFAULT_ALIAS)
+        indexed = index.prepared_data
+        self.assertEqual('First post', indexed['title'])
+        self.assertEqual('This is the description', indexed['description'])
+        self.assertEqual('First post first line This is the description category 1', indexed['text'])
+        self.assertEqual('/en/page-two/2015/10/15/first-post/', indexed['url'])
+