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Authors: S: Brian Suda

 Brian Suda

Brian Suda: SWM informatician WLTM XML-RPC, SOAP, or REST, good HCI a must. Enjoys RDF, XHTML, PHP”>LAMP, long walks on the beach and the word sawdust. Contact me at suda.co.uk

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Enhance Usability by Highlighting Search Terms

Issue 186August 10, 2004

Google’s cache offers users a copy of your website with their search terms highlighted. You can do the same thing and make it easier for users to find what they’re looking for — whether they’re coming from an external search engine or your own site search — by making their search terms easy to spot.