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Build search page and add support to Tab to Search
Introduction
In this day and age, internet search is a habitual behaviour in daily life. People search in medium.com to learn, search videos on YouTube, search products on Amazon and search on Google for decision-making. It makes the search bar become a must-have element in every website.
Why is a search box essential?
According to the survey conducted by the Blue Foundation Media on The satisfaction with current web user experiences, close to one-third of those surveyed say no search box is the biggest website turn-off and more than 40% say a search box is the most important feature on a content website.
Especially for a content-based website or eCommerce platform, a search box is the most efficient way to make your content discoverable and connects the visitors to what they need quickly.
Tab to Search feature
Tab to Search is one of the built-in features of Google Chrome. It does exactly what its name implies. We can do a website internal search without first landing on the page. One of the typical examples is youtube.com that when we type `youtube.com` -> hit `tab` -> type `javascript`, Chrome will bring…
