Searching The Daily Express

Over the last couple of weeks I have been evaluating the search services offered by the online editions of British newspapers. Today I want to look at the British paper most likely to feature Diana, Princess of Wales or house prices on the front page - The Daily Express.

From the homepage of the Daily Express search is offered over the web, or over the Thomson Local directory, using a radio button selection mechanism.

The search results feature a title, a dynamic excerpt of the result and a URL...and no Daily Express content.

In fact, the only thing connecting the Daily Express to the web search results is the little crusader figure at the top of the listings. There appears to be no mechanism to restrict theweb search to just pages from the Daily Express, or any advanced search features.

Summary of features of search on The Daily Express.

This post is part of a series of articles about the online search services provided by British newspapers.

The newspapers I looked at were The Daily Express, Daily Mail, Daily Star, Financial Times, The Guardian, The Independent, The Mirror, The Scotsman, The Sun, The Sunday Sport, The Telegraph, This Is London from The Evening Standard and The Times

Read more of my articles about site search management and design and newspaper website design

Posted by Martin Belam, July 11, 2006    
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