Title adding skip word/letter "a" to the end of the link

[pratters]

Hi All,

Just trying to troubleshoot an issue we are having when searching for a phrase that contains the letter "a" in it. Our settings are to exclude anything less that 2 characters and it says it is skipping "a" however the results that get generated it does something to the hyperlink titles for the documents (see below)

When I search for example: try a trade

It will return all results like below where it has appended "a>" to the end of the title


1. Try a Tradea>
... Try a Trade is an initiative of the South East Local Learning and Employment Network ... SELLEN) which aims to showcase a range of potential career paths for local young people ...
Terms matched: 2 - 9 May 2012
2. Try A Trade 2011 - 27 April 2011a> (from Media Releases)
... once again proudly supporting the South East Try a Trade exhibition for 2011. An initiative ... the South East Local Learning and Employment Network (SELLEN), Try a Trade aims ...
Terms matched: 2 - 10 Aug 2011
3. South East Try A Trade Careers Expo 2012: Issued 14 May 2012a> (from Media Releases)
... career options at the FREE South East Try a Trade and Careers Expo on Tuesday 22 ... . Jobseekers, young people and parents are invited to tour interactive displays, meet local ...
Terms matched: 2 - 15 May 2012
4. Public Session: South East Try a Trade Careers Expoa> (from Calendar of Events)
... my calendar Public Session: South East Try a Trade Careers Expo Time: 3pm- ... Are you looking for a career change? Do you want to do some training but ...
Terms matched: 2 - 14 May 2012

It will do this to any search phrases that contain "a" in the middle so is not specific to these results, if I change the search for example to: try trade it will display correctly (see below).

1. Try a Trade
... Try a Trade is an initiative of the South East Local Learning and Employment Network ... SELLEN) which aims to showcase a range of potential career paths for local young people ...
Terms matched: 2 - 9 May 2012
2. Try A Trade 2011 - 27 April 2011 (from Media Releases)
... once again proudly supporting the South East Try a Trade exhibition for 2011. An initiative ... the South East Local Learning and Employment Network (SELLEN), Try a Trade aims ...
Terms matched: 2 - 10 Aug 2011
3. South East Try A Trade Careers Expo 2012: Issued 14 May 2012 (from Media Releases)
... career options at the FREE South East Try a Trade and Careers Expo on Tuesday 22 ... . Jobseekers, young people and parents are invited to tour interactive displays, meet local ...
Terms matched: 2 - 15 May 2012
4. Public Session: South East Try a Trade Careers Expo (from Calendar of Events)
... my calendar Public Session: South East Try a Trade Careers Expo Time: 3pm- ... Are you looking for a career change? Do you want to do some training but ...
Terms matched: 2 - 14 May 2012

If anyone could shed some light why this is happening when searching for items when the letter "a" is used as it doesn't seem to happen to other skip words etc and any suggestions to correct this behaviour would be greatly appreciated.

[David]

This is not a known problem.

What script are you using (ASP, PHP, etc..)
Did you edit our script at all?

I am wondering if the 'a' in the results is really the skip word, or if it is actually part the HTML anchor close tag </a>

If you search for
try b trade
do the results change to
Try a Tradeb>

[robzilla]

It's the a in </a> that's highlighted as </<span class="highlight">a</span>>, because you have one </a> too many, like so: </a></a>. Did you edit the search script source code? This would be within the <div class="result_block"> bit, right before <span class="category"></span>.