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Chelsea QuakeGREAT list of links + articles on Search User Interface design, usability, etc.
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Angus HongThere are two parts to a search engine's user experience: the user interface (design of the search forms and results pages) and the functionality (how well it matches and sorts pages). When you install a search engine, you should consider both aspects, de
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10 Oct 07
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- Put a simple, reasonably long search field on every page of the site.
- Use simple words to explain the process: remove all jargon and technical terms, and make sure that any icons have labels.
- Avoid inventing a new interface, which will confuse users: take the best of the formats of the large public search engines
- Make the search forms and results pages fit into the overall design of the web site: they should use the same colors, fonts and so on.
- Include site names and navigation links into results pages, so users can see the context and structure of the site.
While search engine pages share many interface elements with other parts of web site design, there are certain principals that you should keep in mind:
- Put a simple, reasonably long search field on every page of the site.
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31 Mar 07
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- Put a simple, reasonably long search field on every page of the site.
- Use simple words to explain the process: remove all jargon and technical terms, and make sure that any icons have labels.
- Avoid inventing a new interface, which will confuse users: take the best of the formats of the large public search engines
- Make the search forms and results pages fit into the overall design of the web site: they should use the same colors, fonts and so on.
- Include site names and navigation links into results pages, so users can see the context and structure of the site.
- Set up a special page to be displayed when the search does not find any matches in the index (see No-Matches Page Guidelines)
- Avoid surprises: clarify all automated search features, such as stemming, phonetic matching, thesaurus lookups and stopwords (see Glossary).
- Put a simple, reasonably long search field on every page of the site.
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Lisa MullinauxUsing User Interface and Usability Testing techniques to improve search engines.
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31 Aug 06
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- Put a simple, reasonably long search field on every page of the site.
- Use simple words to explain the process: remove all jargon and technical terms, and make sure that any icons have labels.
- Avoid inventing a new interface, which will confuse users: take the best of the formats of the large public search engines
- Make the search forms and results pages fit into the overall design of the web site: they should use the same colors, fonts and so on.
- Include site names and navigation links into results pages, so users can see the context and structure of the site.
- Set up a special page to be displayed when the search does not find any matches in the index (see No-Matches Page Guidelines)
- Avoid surprises: clarify all automated search features, such as stemming, phonetic matching, thesaurus lookups and stopwords (see Glossary).
- Put a simple, reasonably long search field on every page of the site.
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02 Mar 06
Peter CruickshankThere are two parts to a search engine's user experience: the user interface (design of the search forms and results pages) and the functionality (how well it matches and sorts pages). When you install a search engine, you should consider both aspects, de
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17 Jan 06
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