User blog comment:Daniel Baran/Search Developments: Big Picture/@comment-3508190-20120508232616/@comment-3508190-20120509000216

This is how I understood 2.)

The exact phrase the visitor entered into the search field would be stored in a session cookie. Now if the visitor hits go/enter/return and skips the results page by going to the best match, the search phrase is still available on the next page and a direct link to the results page can be offered.