Questions tagged [search-results]
Search result is the result of a search activity. The search result can be displayed in different ways and with different design.
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Faceted search - Filters than can be applied to only one type of content
I'm currently working on the global search of a site. When the user submits a search, he can see 3 types of content: company, contact and news. Filter options are available on the left side.
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Faceted search - Remove or disable filters that would not return any result?
I'm working on the search page of a site. Filter options are available on the left-hand panel.
When the user ticks a box, the filter options are updated. I'm wondering what is the best way to handle ...
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Redesigning product blocks in search results / listings
What are some good practices when it comes to presenting a product on a listing / search result page when they contain a lot of information? Currently the product block for our website looks like this:...
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Card results or list results for mobile web app
I want to know which approach to show results is the better one.
The web-app shows roughly 10-20 results, and I want to know if it is better when the user sees these results in a normal list-view (...
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Best way to integrate and cross promote on search results page
I want to get everyone's feedback on which of the following mock-ups is the more user friendly way to cross-promote two different products on the search results page. If you have a better way, please ...
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"Compare products" functionality on a product listing
Are there any good practices when it comes to "Compare products" functionality on product listings? I would like to do some A/B testing with different ones, but to be honest I have not seen something ...
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Best UX approach for filtering product categories?
Lets say you have a typical set of product search results, and a typical sidebar with various checkboxes for you to filter and limit your search results. Something like the example of the left of this ...
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Search Navigation in Mobile Web
I am working on a search page design for an e-commerce website. I cam across these solutions while searching on the internet
iPhone & Mobile Web: Pagination vs. Load more vs. Scrolling
I am ...
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Should searching by default be AND or OR?
On my website I have a search bar. It's powered by Lucene.net. I have a requirement to make search be a substring case insensitive search, with direct hits appearing before substrings. What I don't ...
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Default images in search result
Should search results with missing images use a placeholder, or fallback to textual data available on boxed/grid view mode? I feel that using image instead of data when available makes result look ...
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refine popup in search panel
Have 2 questions related to refine panel in search results.
How should we showcase more options in 1 category – should I add individual popup for each category or all options in 1 popup. Have added ...
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Refine on search results
I want to make my website refine panel on the search result more user-friendly. Im dealing in realestate portal and have already implemented one but not sure if that is the best way to do it. So need ...
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Search Engine Autocomplete based on Relevance or Popularity?
Let's take the 3 big SE's and have a look at their Search Suggestions:
Bing, Google and Yahoo!.
When you begin typing in the search box on the homepage of each search engine, a suggestion list ...
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How relevant is for a user the amount or batch of results shown?
In a scenario with for a specific search, a preliminary design has been paginated in large batches of around 300 results and, besides showing the number of results obtained, it also showed the range ...
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Filtering free text search with faceted search navigation
Once a user makes a free text search from the homepage, we aim to predict the branch and leaf with tree view.
When the user selects the predicted tree view search query or types a unique search query ...
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Data table with no data rows - show, or hide and display alt content
In a web page I have a table with a header row that is visually distinct from the data rows in the table 'body'. In some application states there will be no rows to populate the table and the header ...
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Search Results Of Relationships
I'm working on an application that has many many-to-many relationships.
In this applications there is a search feature.
With this search you are able to search for a person.
A person can belong to ...
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Would we show a user recent search results even if they've not been on the site before?
I'm looking to add recent search results when a user clicks in a free text search. I would like to populate recent search results with random data, or data based on the users local browsing habits. ...
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What are the best practices for the usage of search and advanced search?
I am working on a web app where authorized users log in and review a large list where they review the items and interact with them based on the information in the item.
I am working on the options ...
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How many search results should there be on screen and how should I arrange them?
I am currently implementing a catalog for a light and sound rental service.
All items are shown as a picture on the left with a descriptive text on the right. The last 2 lines in the description are ...
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How to provide a good UX even with poor results?
I'm facing a problem about a design of a platform which provides to users a list of restaurants.
Currently, we have only 10 restaurants on it, and we're working to improve the number of the ...
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How to bring the best search results to my users?
I am creating a website similar to yel where people add information about their businesses to show they are available for clients who need them. The business table has the following fields (business ...
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Which UI options are suitable for a mobile search result page?
In our information dense digital world, search is crucial. So is the search result where there are a lot of help for users.
But on mobile devices, the screen is very limited, which makes the use of ...
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What should be fetched if you "Search" with a blank query?
Almost all sites include a Search facility.
The usual format seen is one of these two:
download bmml source – Wireframes created with Balsamiq Mockups
The Question is
If the user keeps the ...
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Sorting/filtering on infinite scrolling data table
I'm creating an application where search results are being shown in a table and I want to implement infinite scrolling with fixed header and footer of the table.
But I'm curious to know if sorting ...
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Post-Wiki area: How to navigate a repository?
Currently I'm building the housing for a repository of WordPress code. It will be an open source project where the foundation will be housed on GitHub and participation on building the "curated ...
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How can I create a sense of discovery or serendipity at finding a product?
I have a large catalogue of products which users can filter using a combination of attributes to find products that meet their needs. It's as efficient as you'd expect from any ecommerce store, so ...
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Feedback on filter chosen
I'm working on a design of iOS app. It allows to search some restaurant typing the street or city. If one wants to refine this search, there are some filters (like kitchen, medium price, ticket ...
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Should export button use the last query or the next query?
I have a text field where users can enter a query, and a Search button. When the user clicks on the button, it sends the query to the server, which in turn returns data that I fill in a table below ...
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Which field to use for the search
I am creating a business directory website when everyone comme and add his business to the website to allow people to find him later. A business has many fields (categories, products, services, name, ...
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Should the link in search results open the page in a specific state - e.g. with accordion open or with modal open?
I recently found a great write-up about SEO and anchored links . In particular, I found the following to be very helpful:
For longer or more complex pages, search engines frequently create
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Related search terms at top or bottom search results?
I have a rich media video search with 24 results per page.
Would you put related search terms at the top of the search results, in the sidebar, or at the bottom of the search results above the ...
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Flight comparison websites 'delaying' search results?
Is it true that price comparison websites, particularly flight comparison websites 'delay' the search results of price information so users feel that the search is comprehensive?
Otherwise what is ...
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Need feedback on how to design a web-based search for books, authors or isbn
We have tens of thousands of authors in the database and there are sometimes over 100 books published by a single author. Each specific type of book is uniquely identified by ISBN.
I want to create a ...
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wildcard * representations for non technical user (delimiter synonyms)
So what I am looking for is a way to represent a wildcard or * delimiter for non technical users that possibly may not need an explanation.
i.e. If a user wants to search for EJ-205, EJ - 205, EJ ...
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Visually Displaying Search Results
I have an app where the user can enter free form text and I do a natural language search. The results that come back contains the search results and also evidence from where the results were from. I ...
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Should an empty search box return an error message or all results?
I'm currently working on 2 different websites: an events and a news websites. On both sites, a search interface with filter options is provided.
Initially, the search engine was build to return an ...
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Dealing with long text filters on search results page
The Challenge
Including long text (up to 30 characters) topics in filter UI of search results to allow easy filtering.
Existing Considerations
Having filters and even faceted searches is nothing ...
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Ordering results with multiple levels of premium listings
I'm looking at different ways to display search results in a directory where there are three levels of premium member.
The current way is to display the Gold, Silver, Bronze results first, in that ...
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Usage of site/company name in title tags?
Web page titles, ex. "Lorem ipsum - Example Company Inc.", have a maximum lenght of 70 characters when being used in the Google search results.
I work with SEO on a daily basis and have been giving ...
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Handling empty search results
In the event that a user search displays no search results, what is the best thing to do?
Say: "Found no results. Try widening your search criteria". Display a button that takes you to a screen which ...
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How to use a modal for associative actions with in place search?
I'm designing an application that presents a list of bus stops to the user in a list (html table). Every bus stop belongs to a city somewhere in the world. Once the user finds the stop he wants, he ...
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Search results - representing/showing parent/child records
I have a couple of questions which relates to how to best show parent/child records on search results.
An example first: If you have digitised 300 individual pages of an illuminated manuscript, then ...
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On a news website, should search results be ordered by relevancy or date by default?
I'm currently working on a news website and have a question regarding the search interface:
should search results be ordered by relevancy or date by default?
I've checked out a couple of websites ...
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let users know results don't match filters
We have a page where the users can select filters and then click search to see results.
In the time between the user changing the filters and clicking search, should I indicate the the result don't ...
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Best approach for maintaining/persisting search criteria/filters when user returns to a search page?
Say I have a basic "search" page on my site that allows user to enter filters and keywords. Then a list of results appears, and the user can click on a result to go to a "details" page about that one ...
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Search / Filter list all in one
One of interfaces im working in, has a interesting problem.
On the same screen i have a list on the left, a map on the right and a search bar on top.
On previous mobile interfaces, the search bar ...
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Display results from multiple sources
I'm working on a search which aggregates videos from multiple sources.
Imagine that my search is searching through Metacoffe and Youtube. In my case Youtube have more relevant results but they need ...
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Effectiveness of suggested answers on forums, like Stack Exchange
Is there data or research on how effective suggested answers are in preventing people from asking duplicate questions on online forums and Q&A sites?
While some people make an effort to search, ...
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Search Methods, Behavior and No Results
I've recently been working on a project where toner cartridges are being sold. The current product listing only lists the manufacturer and the model number, but excludes the model name.
For example, ...
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