Comments on: Spruce Up Your Search Results http://designadaptations.com/content/spruce-up-your-search-results/ Exploring what's possible in design... Sun, 02 Aug 2009 05:47:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0-RC2-15136 By: WebStractions http://designadaptations.com/content/spruce-up-your-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-168 WebStractions Mon, 21 May 2007 00:18:42 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/spruce-up-your-search-results/#comment-168 There is a highlighter on the Google bar as well. And if you type in words into the search box (without actually doing the search) you can highlight them on the page too. The advantage of using the Google bar to do it, is that they are multi-colored because it breaks individual words up. Firefox doesn't. There is a highlighter on the Google bar as well. And if you type in words into the search box (without actually doing the search) you can highlight them on the page too. The advantage of using the Google bar to do it, is that they are multi-colored because it breaks individual words up. Firefox doesn’t.

]]> By: Charity http://designadaptations.com/content/spruce-up-your-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-167 Charity Sun, 20 May 2007 21:23:45 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/spruce-up-your-search-results/#comment-167 Great tip Ronnie - thanks for pointing that out. Keyword highlighting is definitely worth looking into. I often end up using Firefox's 'Find' mechanism for highlighting specific words, but many people may forget about that or not be aware of it at all. Great tip Ronnie – thanks for pointing that out. Keyword highlighting is definitely worth looking into. I often end up using Firefox’s ‘Find’ mechanism for highlighting specific words, but many people may forget about that or not be aware of it at all.

]]> By: WebStractions http://designadaptations.com/content/spruce-up-your-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-166 WebStractions Sun, 20 May 2007 17:35:19 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/spruce-up-your-search-results/#comment-166 While your post deals with searching within the blog, there are also searches from outside referrers as well (eg: Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, etc.) A List Apart has a great tutorial on how to check the referrer against the search giants and highlight those terms on your page, as well as inserting the little blurb at the top of the page. <a href="http://alistapart.com/articles/searchhighlight" rel="nofollow">Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms</a> I am sure this could be adapted for internal searches as well. The highlighting of the terms is extremely useful. [rant]Considering that this technique (originally conceived by WebMaster World) has been out there for 3 or more years and I have only seen it used on a minimal percentage of websites -- mine included as well as many so called SEO sites. Oh well.[/rant] While your post deals with searching within the blog, there are also searches from outside referrers as well (eg: Google, Yahoo, MSN Search, etc.) A List Apart has a great tutorial on how to check the referrer against the search giants and highlight those terms on your page, as well as inserting the little blurb at the top of the page. Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms

I am sure this could be adapted for internal searches as well. The highlighting of the terms is extremely useful. [rant]Considering that this technique (originally conceived by WebMaster World) has been out there for 3 or more years and I have only seen it used on a minimal percentage of websites — mine included as well as many so called SEO sites. Oh well.[/rant]

]]> By: Charity http://designadaptations.com/content/spruce-up-your-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Charity Tue, 15 May 2007 18:53:33 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/spruce-up-your-search-results/#comment-165 Glad to be of some help Tara. :) From a user standpoint, I'm always a little surprised when there's no search available on a blog. I can think of several occasions where I wanted to reference a post I remembered seeing on someone's blog where there was no search available, and it's frustrating. <a href="http://pearsonified.com" rel="nofollow">Pearsonified</a> is a great example. Chris has such an awesome blog, with a ton of useful stuff, and yeah he's using a sitemap, but my first instinct is to search, and I guess I'd just rather just have that option. :) Glad to be of some help Tara. :) From a user standpoint, I’m always a little surprised when there’s no search available on a blog. I can think of several occasions where I wanted to reference a post I remembered seeing on someone’s blog where there was no search available, and it’s frustrating. Pearsonified is a great example. Chris has such an awesome blog, with a ton of useful stuff, and yeah he’s using a sitemap, but my first instinct is to search, and I guess I’d just rather just have that option. :)

]]> By: Tara http://designadaptations.com/content/spruce-up-your-search-results/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Tara Tue, 15 May 2007 16:43:26 +0000 http://designadaptations.com/notebook/spruce-up-your-search-results/#comment-164 The search box is a good idea, I think I will include one in my site when I redesign it. I am finding I don't always know the best categorys to put a post in and this would definitely help. The search box is a good idea, I think I will include one in my site when I redesign it. I am finding I don’t always know the best categorys to put a post in and this would definitely help.

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