Design Search Results, Not Just Search Inputs
Search & Discovery · search
Updated 2026-07-28
- Search is a complete experience:
- Input.
- Suggestions.
- Results.
- Recovery.
- Help users understand why results appear:
- Highlight matching terms.
- Show categories.
- Explain relevance.
- Handle mistakes:
- Support spelling correction.
- Suggest alternatives.
- Offer related searches.
- Make empty searches useful instead of showing nothing.
- Let users refine their intent instead of forcing them to start over.
- Great search reduces the distance between a question and an answer.
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