Download - 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?
