Search Box With Subsections Solution
Giving users the chance to narrow the search from the beginning might increase the possibility that they find the information or product they are looking for at your website. One usability approach is to provide a search box with a list of subsections. Here an example of Cafepress.com, a design-it-yourself shop.
Give users a list of selectors, specially if you are offering a wide range of products. But take care, many users might not understand how the selector works, so make the “search all departments” the default option.
Etsy.com, the handmade product website, got a not so perfect solution, subsections are not very clear. They split the subsections into farther subsections using “items:” and “sellers:”, plus they assume that all users understand the meaning and use of tags.
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