Re: PHP-WEBMASTER: /web/php/branches/PROTOTYPE_2010/
| From: | Paul Dragoonis | Date: | Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:33:53 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: PHP-WEBMASTER: /web/php/branches/PROTOTYPE_2010/ | ||
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On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 7:29 AM, Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be> wrote:
> On 18.03.2010 17:48, Paul Dragoonis wrote:
> > How about, if the user enters a term and there are 0 results, we do a
> > "recommended" ajax lookup to obtain the recommended items for that search
> > term, and if there are recommendations then we display them in a new
> section
> > just like on apple.com
>
> Sounds good to me, also just to comment on the question by philip about
> the search dropdown, no I wouldn't add it, I think it's confusing and
> makes you lose time. It should be reflected in the search result page by
> using some categories filter or something on the left à la
> google-new-result-page [1] maybe, but a dropdown really sucks hard
> because you have to click it to know all options, it's quite involved
> for someone that wants to do a quick search about something which he
> might not even know what it is exactly.
>
> Cheers,
> Jordi
>
> [1]
>
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>
So who likes the idea of having recommended results on the search results
page,
and who likes the ideas of also having some recommended results if the
autocomplete returns 0 results.
I think having both would be useful.
Regards,
Paul Dragoonis.