search suggestions

Search SuggestionsTyler Tate

Three Approaches

★Completion

★Suggestion

★ Instant Results

Completion

Bene!ts:★Save keystrokes

★Prevent spelling mistakes

★Low cognitive burden

Suggestions

Bene!ts:★Save keystrokes

★Prevent spelling mistakes

★Help form useful queries

★Gauge popularity of search terms

★Remember previous searches

Instant Results

Bene!ts:★View results as you type

★Jump straight to the destination

Drawbacks:★Greater cognitive burden

★Lose the ability to suggest queries

Getting it Right

Completion:★Bene!ts almost always outweigh costs

Suggestion:★Usefulness varies by accuracy of suggestions

Instant Results:★Works best with highly structured data that need

only return a few results

Experimental Ideas

Questions for Discussion

★Do the three categories make sense to you?

★Do the search suggestion implementations you’ve worked on fit into one of these categories?

★ Ideas on when to / when not to use suggestions?

★Do you have other ‘experimental’ ideas?

@tylertatehttp://blog.twigkit.com