• Belong to the Site

  • Include colors and layout that assure searchers they're on the same site

  • Standard navigation elements, preferably at top and bottom or upper left

• Provide Search Meta-Information

  • Opportunity to search again

  • Option to sort results in other ways

  • Results info

    • total found

    • number of results pages

    • current results page (context)

  • results pages navigation buttons

  • Examples

    • Builder.com * - lots of navigation, clustering (but duplicates, no meta descriptions)

    • US Dept. of Education * (Ultraseek (now Inktomi Search Software)) - includes tip, incremental search option

    • University of Pennsylvania * (AltaVista Intranet)

  • Internet.com * - have to go to the bottom to search again. It's much improved over the old version.

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