Hulu Makes Changes to Search Results

Hulu has made a few changes to how it presents its search results, as well as the site's "most popular" and "recently added" pages. Most noticeably, Hulu has abandoned the two-column approach in favor of a more "prominent placement of the show Hulu thinks you are looking for.

"You can subscribe to the show, check on its availability, and get a brief description of the show, but you can easily pinpoint a specific episode using the browse tools to the upper right of the results," America’s Got Talent, we’ll default the most recent episode; for older shows, like
Search results can be refined through filter menus. You can display only clips or full episodes. You can also sort by relevance, airdate, or by shows with closed captioning. The changes have also been implemented on the Most Popular and Recently Added pages.

In addition, when there are multiple clips or more than one episode from a season of a show, they are now displayed in collapsed entries that can be expanded when clicked. Finally, the time-based search feature in Hulu Labs now offers the ability to search for videos based on date, then use the video type filter to display clips or full episodes only.