If you think you can't do much about your dull search results page, think again. Thanks to the good folks at Viewzi, that page will no longer be as unusable as it often is.
When Chris started working on it on his blog a while back, I made sure that I am on the list to be of the first who try Viewzi for Publishers on my own blog. He's also been kind enough to help me troubleshoot a couple of issues I had with the VFP Habari plugin yesterday. So, as of today, this site's search is powered by Viewzi awesomeness.
Seeing is believing, they say. Go ahead and try it out. Search for something on this site, browse the results and get back here to continue reading this post :)
What is it?
Viewzi for Publishers (VFP) is a plugin (and a javascript file) that adds Viewzi powered search results 'page' to your blog/site but does not replace the original search functionality of your blog engine. Here is an example of what would a search result for 'Habari' look like. If you were lazy to try it out as of yet, that is :)
What are these views?
The default view is the Blog View. The blog view displays the results of the search within your blog posts and comments. The 2nd view, Blog Photo, displays thumbnails of your Flickr photos related to the search. Finally the brand new view, Blog timeline, displays your search results in a nice, chronologically ordered manner.
I want one too!
Viewzi for Publishers is available as a plugin for Habari and Wordpress. Email Chris Davis Apply to get your search goodness!
Thanks for the great review Ali!
We are really excited about the potential this system has. Just wait till you see the new views we are kicking around here.