A particular type of history mechanism typically used in e-commerce sites and sites with faceted navigation reflects the sequence of links that a user has clicked on since the beginning of a search session.

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Different websites use different search history mechanisms depending on user needs:
- Chronologically-ordered lists
- Thumbnail images in search history results
- Breadcrumb


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Search interfaces need to help users retain the context of their queries, sources, and results sets through search history mechanisms.

Supporting Search History

Hearst, M. A. (2009). Search user interfaces. Cambridge University Press. [https://searchuserinterfaces.com/book/]

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