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Searchresults on same page or on 'searchresults.php'
What is the best way for searching on a webpage.
Should i show the searchresults on a new page or on the same page? (maybe with autocomplete).
I personally like searchresults on the same page as my ...
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Emerging Patterns in Search and Search Results
I've noticed a few sites utilizing a full viewport search overlay in which when a search function is called, via a magnifying glass or link, the previous view is overlaid with a semi-transparent ...
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Search results redirect to page when only 1 result? [duplicate]
What drawbacks might there be if when someone enters a term in search where there is only 1 result, the page is simply presented (skipping a search results display)
Currently, maytag.com will ...
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How to provide a visual indication that user needs to enter at least a few characters before an ajax search begins?
We have a large amount of users (e.g. a couple of millions) and we would like to start searching only after the user types in 2 characters or more.
What visual indication can be provided to users in ...
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Is it ok to incorporate engine-calculation and user-improvements-votes into one relevancy grade?
Our product provides search functionality as well as profile viewing. Each profile is assigned with engine-calculated tags, with a relevancy score. Example: Profile JohnDoe is assigned the tag UX with ...
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Whats the best default for search result sorting?
I'm working on a news search, and I find that sorting by the number of keyword matches tends to produce stale results, but sorting by date tends to produce irrelevant results.
How do I strike a ...
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How to display “Helpful” rate in the result page?
I am designing a website with many support articles.
Each article can be rated in the following way:
Was this article helpful to you? Yes | No
Meaning, my information is for example:
21 out of 50 ...
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How to clean up this search bar
Any suggestions for how to clean up this search bar while retaining functionality would be of great help.
What kind of questions should I be trying to answer in order to remove or change things ...
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Matching only the beginning of a word/phrase vs throughout the word/phrase
MongoDB doesn't have full text search (that is decently fast). Thus, I have to match strings by the beginning of a word. Thus, if a user types in over, overflow will match, but stackoverflow will not.
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How can I fairly order the list of products that users post on an online store?
I was wondering if someone can recommend a fair and simple way of deciding what order items should appear.
How does a website like etsy.com decide which items should be listed on top of a search ...
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Is displaying search bar in Search Result/Error 404 page redundant (when it's already on sidebar/header)?
Is it redundant to display the search bar on Search Result or Error 404 page again when the website already has it on the sidebar/side navigation or on header?
I've always felt it's kind of redundant ...
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Should pagination be capped in web app search results?
Search results can be a funky thing to design sometimes when it comes to the value of results for a user. IN this Web App I am helping build, the global search bar, when searched, can lists results ...
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The influence of ratings on search result ranking
Our product provides a search functionality. Search results are ordered by rank.
We also provide the possibility to rate the different search results: a user can (optionally) give each result a ...
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Should site search results be numbered?
Should website search results be numbered, like this?
1. Result One
Lorem ipsum
2. Result Two
Lorem ipsum
I notice that Google's results aren't numbered -- they are just paginated. To me it seems ...
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Is there a name for the pattern of a categorized autocomplete?
Lately, I've noticed that Facebook search presents it's autocomplete options as a nice categorized list:
However, I'm uncertain what to call this pattern. It reminds me a bit of what Peter Morville ...
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Two search bars on the same page or combination?
The main use of my site is video browsing. There is a search bar in the nav to search for videos. My site also has a photo section.
I need to add search functionality on the photo section. I'm torn ...
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Type ahead search and URL history entry
I am designing a user management system for an intranet. It takes after most traditional interfaces for managing and editing user details.
The system is designed with fall back so that users without ...
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Automatic redirect on search terms that have a defined endpoint?
Gathering search terms from analytics is a great way to identify holes or gaps in your UX - in my particular case, there are some things that I have control over, and somethings I don't - for example, ...
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Whats the design rationale behind putting the pagination of the bottom end of the search results?
If you look at the search results provided by Google and Bing,they have their pagination right at the bottom (after all the search results in a page are displayed)
I was just wondering about the ...
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Repeating elements of a page to ensure they're noticed?
Does anyone have any experience with the effects of repeating an element on a page to ensure it is noticed (and hopefully used!).
In my case, it's the search function I want to bring to light - ...
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Finding within a displayed set: winnow or focus?
We have a list of things in which there are exactly 4 or so categories of items. This list is fairly static, but slowly growing as new items get added. Think: a list of projects, or a mailbox, or ...
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scoped search and search results
I have been asked to come up with an interface for a website that stores information about certifications and companies who hold those certifications.
From the search logs I know users mostly search ...
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Displaying Search Results in a Confined Space
I am creating a search box where the results will be displayed in a popup below the textbox (standard layout, like the Google search box).
The search term will be compared to multiple properties in ...
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Hotel Finder by name - should it take you directly to a hotel page if it matches the search, or to the search results page?
Here's the dilemma. To help users quickly find a hotel (the same could be true for a shop finder, pub finder etc) there is a search field on the homepage where they can type the search query. This ...
