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Discussion forums search results enhancement
Mahesh Kumaraguru <>
15 Aug 2010 10:24AM ET

Hi Webmasters,

In discussion forums search results displayed, it could be useful to have the following information at the top of the page, some examples:-

Your search for the exact phrase "heartbeat" in all discussion forums matched 10,000 posts in 800 threads in 9 discussion forums

Your search for all the terms "heartbeat", "108", "logon" in all discussion forums matched 1700 posts in 439 threads in 5 discussion forums

Your search for the exact phrase "testrequest" in General Q/A discussion forum match 180 post in 38 threads

In general, this informative text could be seen as

Your search for {radio-button search option} {"actual phrase or terms"} in {all or specific} discussion forum(s) matched {X} posts in {Y} threads {(optional) in Z discussion forums}

This would permit users of discussion forums search functionality to know what they searched for and size of resultset (how much they have to parse).

Regards,
K. Mahesh


Discussion forums search results enhancement
Mahesh Kumaraguru   15 Aug 2010 10:24AM ET
Re: Discussion forums search results enhancement
Hanno Klein / Deutsche Börse Systems   16 Aug 2010 4:22AM ET
Re: Discussion forums search results enhancement
Mahesh Kumaraguru   20 Aug 2010 12:09PM ET
Re: Discussion forums search results enhancement
Hanno Klein / Deutsche Börse Systems   24 Aug 2010 5:46AM ET