On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Walker, David wrote:
I think text above or before the search box is bound to be ignored.
But if you change the wording of the search *button*, you might get
people to notice it more.
Something like:
[ search box ] [ button: locate databases ]
. . . or you know, something better worded than that. And then, as Joe
suggested, some note in the results explaining that this is not what you
think it is.
Of course, that assumes that you're going with a design that actually has
a button, and they're not just hitting return.
Oh -- and I realized after I sent my comment that there's another reason
for putting a message in the search results -- it's possible that someone
else might provide an additional (poorly labeled) point of entry that's
outside your control. It'd provide an extra layer of information before
people started complaining/calling/whatever.
-Joe
