Yes, you can show result icons! The PicoSearch results will list the pages on your site that contain the searched terms. You can place a product photo or page icon next to predetermined pages to give additional page information or even mimic a product catalog.
For each page that you want an icon to appear for, add the following special tag to the HTML in that page. Usually the head is a good place to add special tags. This tag's syntax specifies the full URL to a picture for the page, with optional height and width information. For example:
<!-- PICOLINKPIC="http://www.mysite.com/pageicon.gif" -->
OR with width and height information specified:
<!-- PICOLINKPIC="http://www.mysite.com/pageicon.gif" WIDTH=30
HEIGHT=25 -->
The image will then appear next to the results when that page comes up. Normally it will link to the page just like the clickable page title. However you can send the image to a different URL, for example if it is a special offers icon that should lead a new user to a sign-up page. So if you include an HREF, and even an optional TARGET, these will be applied to an anchor around the image. For example:
<!-- PICOLINKPIC="http://www.mysite.com/pageicon.gif" href="http://www.mysite.com/signup.html" -->
OR with the target specified to bring up a new page:
<!-- PICOLINKPIC="http://www.mysite.com/pageicon.gif" WIDTH=30
HEIGHT=25 href="http://www.mysite.com/signup.html" target="_blank" -->
If you combine the image icon techniques with a good standardized usage of title and/or meta-description display (see your Account Manager's Configure Results options), and make sure that you have one page per product or information parcel, you will be able to simulate a database of products or ideas rather nicely!
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