{"id":17387,"date":"2017-07-12T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T07:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.resellerclub.com\/?p=17387"},"modified":"2026-05-22T10:30:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T10:30:32","slug":"designing-the-search-box-faqs-best-practices-to-follow-frequent-mistakes-to-avoid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/blog\/designing-the-search-box-faqs-best-practices-to-follow-frequent-mistakes-to-avoid\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing the Search box: FAQs, Best Practices to follow &#038; Frequent Mistakes to avoid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey there! In an earlier post on <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction to Website Search<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, we looked at the importance of the search box on a website, the types of websites that do and do not require search boxes. Continuing with the \u2018Search Box Series\u2019, in Part II, we will look at <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to design the box.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Frequently Asked Questions &amp; Best Practices <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of designers aren\u2019t sure how to design the search box &#8211; where to place it, should it have a magnifying glass icon, what the search field size should be, etc. Let\u2019s tackle each of these questions with best practices for designing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Where to place the search box? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When looking for the ideal place to put your search box, ask yourself where your visitor would look first. Results from a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/surl.org\/usabilitynews\/81\/webobjects.asp\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">study by A. Dawn Shaikh and Keisi Lenz<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> show the expected position of the site search from survey responses of 142 participants. According to the study, the most convenient spot is the top left or top right of every page of a site. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17389 aligncenter\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/placement.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"313\"><\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The figure illustrates the areas where participants expected the search to be found. The upper-right corner is still the first place users expect to find search.<\/span><\/i><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the top corners might be the ideal placement, if the website is content-heavy and you think the search bar might get lost, make it prominent by placing it right in the middle of the page like YouTube &amp; Flipkart do. It really depends on how critical the search bar is to your business &amp; website. Amazon, eBay and Google all have the search bar at the top center as search is important to the visitor\u2019s navigation experience in these cases. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What to name the submit call-to-action? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What should you name the search submit button? Should there even be a button at all? Can I use a magnifying glass icon instead? These are some questions we consider while designing and to answer that, yes, you do need a button. Reason being threefold:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many users are still habituated to clicking a submit button.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes the search field more prominent.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A magnifying glass on the search bar itself would mean the user has to precisely point the mouse over it. A large clickable area makes it easier for the user especially on the smart phone.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17391\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/naming-the-search.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"964\" height=\"158\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, you could name your submit button as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Submit <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enter, Go <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Should the search box be on every page?<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> This is a big one. If your website is large enough for a search box in the first place (does your website needs a search box), then yes, every page should have a search box. If not, the users will have difficulty looking for what &nbsp;they want and will ultimately leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good practice when designing the search on every page is to be keep some things constant:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Placement of the search box &#8211; If it\u2019s in the center on the homepage, keep it that way in all pages<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The styling, box size &amp; submit button &#8211; Again, keep it the same as the homepage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\u2019s an example from IMDB.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their homepage:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17393\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/every-page.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1006\" height=\"796\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A show page within the website has the same search bar &#8211; styling, size, length etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17395\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/every-page-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1019\" height=\"816\"><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason for this is that once the user is able to locate &amp; familiarise himself with the search box on the homepage, a change in the box in subsequent pages will break the UI flow and make for unpleasant user experience if he has to locate and familiarise himself with the box on every page all over again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What size should the search field be? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;This is probably one of the most overlooked design aspects of the search box. All too often, search bars are short in length. While they still serve the purpose, when long queries are typed in, only a portion of the text is visible which makes for bad usability. I find this to be especially annoying on my phone when I need to edit the query or review it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Again, take reference from well-known brands. Amazon is one such example of a good search bar length.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17397\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/size.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1880\" height=\"706\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I did a little research myself on the length of the search (measured by numerical characters that I typed from 1-x) of a couple of popular websites at the top of my head and here are the results:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amazon<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 75 characters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flipkart &#8211; 54 characters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google &#8211; 33 characters<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mashable.com &#8211; 33 characters<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.useit.com\/alertbox\/20020512.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jacob Nielsen\u2019s recommendation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (in 2002 &#8211; I know it\u2019s old) suggests a search should be at least 27 characters wide. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Should I have auto suggestions\/search prompters? <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Auto suggestion is the functionality built to aid users\u2019 search by attempting to predict what the user is looking for based on what is entered. The purpose isn\u2019t so much to speed up the search process as it is to guide the user since users are historically poor at entering search queries. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many ecommerce sites use this functionality well. Here\u2019s an example from Flipkart:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17399\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/auto-suggestion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1898\" height=\"677\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An alternative to this is a sample search suggestion that again, serves the same purpose of guiding the user\u2019s search.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17401\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/nyc.everyblock.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"80\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Frequent Mistakes in Designing the Search box<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the search box hard to find<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17403\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Arngren-e1406641773379.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"314\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not putting a search bar on a content heavy site<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17405\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Jami-Lin-e1406641333615.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"729\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the search field too short<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17407\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/length.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1871\" height=\"890\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Making the search field non-editable after a query input<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17409\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Screenshot_2017-07-04-18-45-06-386_com.abof_.android.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"683\" height=\"485\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Providing multiple calls-to-action for a single search box<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17411\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/google-search.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"107\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not providing a call-to-action at all<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17413\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/cssbeauty.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"70\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over-designing the search box so much so that it\u2019s hard to find<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17415\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/busc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"290\" height=\"234\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Conclusion<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I hope this article is some help to you when you\u2019re designing the website search. I will be covering the technical aspects of designing the search with respect to technology, indexing and algorithms in Part III of the Search Box Series so stay tuned for that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In closing, I\u2019d like to leave you with an interesting read on why Wikipedia moved their search box and the results of their own research in the article <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wikimedia.org\/2010\/06\/15\/usability-why-did-we-move-the-search-box\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usability: Why Did We Move The Search Box?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17417\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wiki.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"300\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17419\" src=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/wiki2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"131\" height=\"300\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell us what you think in the comments below!<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Reseller Club Hosting Services<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/reseller-hosting\">Reseller Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/windows-reseller-hosting\">Windows Reseller Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/cloud-hosting\">Cloud Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/vps-hosting\">VPS Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/managed-vps-hosting\">Managed VPS Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/dedicated-server-hosting\">Dedicated Server Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/windows-dedicated-server-hosting\">Windows Dedicated Server<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/managed-dedicated-server-hosting\">Managed Dedicated Server<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/shared-hosting\">Linux Shared Hosting<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/windows-shared-hosting\">Windows Shared Hosting<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.resellerclub.com\/blog\/designing-the-search-box-faqs-best-practices-to-follow-frequent-mistakes-to-avoid\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey there! 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