There are five things wrong with this “Search Results” page. Think you can spot them all?
UPDATE: My readers are quick:
- It says there are four results but shows only three
- It says “Displaying 1-10 of 4 results” which makes no sense
- “List of the 30 days Archived & Search” makes no grammatical sense
- None of the search results contain the search terms or have anything to do with them
- The stories that contain the search terms don’t show up in the search results
* irrelevant results
* it says it has 4 results but only 3 shown
* the 3rd results doesnt seem to have the query words in it
* 2 different results with different titles has the same content
* no tips for searching for the user, who is now stuck (like “did you mean” or “change your search to…”
The first two are definitely correct.
I’ll give you a bonus point on your third.
Your fourth point is included in the first: the content is part of sidebar content outside the article (which is all part of one big screw-up)
And I won’t penalize them for a lack of an advanced feature.
There’s two more. One technical, one editorial.
1-10 of *4* results
3rd entry is from canada.com (not specifically the Gazette)
titles 1+2 do not match their story (as it appears to be just one article)
“List of the 30 days Archived & Search” is not a proper sentence in the English language
no dateline on stories (not an error, just a stupid omission)
Two points for 1-10 and the grammatical silliness.
The third story is in fact from the Gazette (a problem related to previously-discussed errors).