The Case of the Empty Queries
A client reported that their search log showed a large number of “empty” searches were occurring. The likely culprit? The entry prompt inside the search field, which seems to be a call to action:
Our recommendation was to make the text more explicit—and to lighten the text so that it doesn’t appear to be populating the field:
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