http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/03/no-results-page.html A commentary on the search industry from a site search vendor's perspective. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:21:58 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/03/no-results-page.html/comment-page-1#comment-203 Scents make sense and cents (and dollars) : SLI Systems Blog Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:12:23 +0000 http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/03/no-results-page.html/#comment-203 [...] And no results (see my previous post on no results). [...] [...] And no results (see my previous post on no results). [...]

]]> http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/03/no-results-page.html/comment-page-1#comment-200 A critique of ABCNews search : SLI Systems Blog Wed, 27 May 2009 04:18:31 +0000 http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/03/no-results-page.html/#comment-200 [...] I noticed that they seem to do an OR search by default. That is they show you results that contain any of the terms in your search query. For example when I clicked on one of their Hot Topics shown above the search box - Susan Boyle. I was surprised to see that there were recipe results for the amateur Scottish signing sensation. On closer inspection they appeared to be showing because there are recipe results that contain the word “Susan”. Doing an OR search like this does mean there will be more results - so you are less likely to show no results. But it also means there can be a lot of irrelevant results. I recommend showing AND results by default - that is results that contain all the words in the query. If there are no results you can fail over to show results that contain some of the words. (A previous blog post discusses more strategies for the no results page) [...] [...] I noticed that they seem to do an OR search by default. That is they show you results that contain any of the terms in your search query. For example when I clicked on one of their Hot Topics shown above the search box – Susan Boyle. I was surprised to see that there were recipe results for the amateur Scottish signing sensation. On closer inspection they appeared to be showing because there are recipe results that contain the word “Susan”. Doing an OR search like this does mean there will be more results – so you are less likely to show no results. But it also means there can be a lot of irrelevant results. I recommend showing AND results by default – that is results that contain all the words in the query. If there are no results you can fail over to show results that contain some of the words. (A previous blog post discusses more strategies for the no results page) [...]

]]> http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/03/no-results-page.html/comment-page-1#comment-176 shaunr Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:14:15 +0000 http://www.sli-systems.com/blog/2009/03/no-results-page.html/#comment-176 Sometimes we show navigation links and some help text on the no results page See this example on <a href="http://accessories.etrailer.com/search?w=__nnohadhkashdkasd" rel="nofollow">Etrailer</a>. (Thanks for pointing this out Blair) Sometimes we show navigation links and some help text on the no results page See this example on Etrailer. (Thanks for pointing this out Blair)

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