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  • Design Decisions for a New Search Results Page

    calendar May 8, 2026 · 6 min read · search ux product e-commerce  ·
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    One of my specialties as a freelance consultant is discovery systems for e-commerce -- web pages and backend systems for helping users search for and find what they want or need. For the last year and a half, I've been working as a consultant for DesignShop, a company that sells materials samples for home renovations. …


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Featured Posts

  • IZE - Revisiting a hierarchical search technology from the PC era
  • How Search and AI Product Teams are Different
  • Post Query Refinement Suggestions in Search UX, and an Algolia Demo App
  • Use LLMs for Translation and Fallible Reasoning
  • Vibe-Coding the Missing Algolia Comparison Dashboard
  • AI-Assisted Coding, Side Projects, and Donationware
  • A Collaborative Template for A/B Tests
  • Are LLMs a simple solution? And if so, for what problems?

Recent Posts

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  • IZE meets AI -- semantic search, smarter labels, and agentic orientation
  • GeneralIZE -- How else could IZE's hierarchies be generated?
  • Could We Build IZE Again?
  • What Came After IZE? Three Domains, Three Answers

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