thought on search the search?
2005-Jan-27 02:59
The basic thing to do is to separate search engine result page from other pages. If users is searching for a topic chances are they have look for it in search engine before. It is distracting to see a lot of google result pages among the result.
More than this is to tackle some frustrations a search often encounter:
* beating around the bush, keep search the same item and revisiting same result. Can it help to point out dead end earlier?
* How do I get here? You're looking at a promising result. If it can backtrack to the search result page (or some other directory page) it may lead to more useful lead.
Would a software helps in these cases? How to present an intuitive and non-intrusive UI? That's something to experiment with in the next few months.
The basic thing to do is to separate search engine result page from other pages. If users is searching for a topic chances are they have look for it in search engine before. It is distracting to see a lot of google result pages among the result.
More than this is to tackle some frustrations a search often encounter:
* beating around the bush, keep search the same item and revisiting same result. Can it help to point out dead end earlier?
* How do I get here? You're looking at a promising result. If it can backtrack to the search result page (or some other directory page) it may lead to more useful lead.
Would a software helps in these cases? How to present an intuitive and non-intrusive UI? That's something to experiment with in the next few months.
posted by Tung Wai Yip @ 7:46 AM
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