diff --git a/src/components/ContentBlock/ImageBlock.tsx b/src/components/ContentBlock/ImageBlock.tsx
index a6a9c96..6bc80a6 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentBlock/ImageBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContentBlock/ImageBlock.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { GridItem } from '../Grid/Grid'
 import { ResponsiveImage } from '../ResponsiveImage/ResponsiveImage'
 import ContentBlockFooter from './ContentBlockFooter'
 import ContentBlockHeader, { BlockType } from './ContentBlock.Header'
+import { lsdUtils } from '@/utils/lsd.utils'
+import { Typography } from '@acid-info/lsd-react'
 
 type Props = LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.ImageBlock>
 
@@ -24,6 +26,9 @@ const ImageBlock = (props: Props) => {
         type={BlockType.IMAGE}
         date={document?.modifiedAt ? new Date(document?.modifiedAt) : null}
       />
+      <Typography variant={'body2'} component={'p'}>
+        {data.alt}
+      </Typography>
       <ContentBlockFooter data={document} order={order} />
     </Container>
   )
@@ -33,7 +38,13 @@ const Container = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: 8px;
-  padding: 24px 0;
+  padding: 0 0;
   position: relative;
+
+  figure {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 0;
+    ${lsdUtils.typography('body2')}
+  }
 `
 export default ImageBlock
diff --git a/src/components/ContentBlock/TextBlock.tsx b/src/components/ContentBlock/TextBlock.tsx
index 058254b..21a850c 100644
--- a/src/components/ContentBlock/TextBlock.tsx
+++ b/src/components/ContentBlock/TextBlock.tsx
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import { LPE } from '../../types/lpe.types'
 import { GridItem } from '../Grid/Grid'
 import ContentBlockFooter from './ContentBlockFooter'
 import ContentBlockHeader, { BlockType } from './ContentBlock.Header'
+import { NicerTextFormat } from '@/components/Search/SearchResult.NicerTextFormat'
 
 type Props = LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.TextBlock>
 
@@ -28,9 +29,9 @@ const TextBlock = (props: Props) => {
             : null
         }
       />
-      <Typography variant="body2" genericFontFamily="sans-serif">
-        {text}
-      </Typography>
+      <NicerTextFormat variant="body2" genericFontFamily="sans-serif">
+        {text as string}
+      </NicerTextFormat>
       <ContentBlockFooter data={document} order={order} />
     </Container>
   )
diff --git a/src/components/Search/SearchResult.NicerTextFormat.tsx b/src/components/Search/SearchResult.NicerTextFormat.tsx
index e69de29..e7cbc47 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SearchResult.NicerTextFormat.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SearchResult.NicerTextFormat.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+import React from 'react'
+import { Typography, TypographyProps } from '@acid-info/lsd-react'
+
+type UrlReplacerProps = {
+  rawHtml: string
+} & TypographyProps
+
+function extractHostname(url: string): string {
+  // Use an anchor element to extract the hostname
+  const a = document.createElement('a')
+  a.href = url
+
+  return a.hostname.split('.').slice(-2, -1).join('.')
+}
+
+function formatHtmlWithUrls(rawHtml: string): string {
+  // Regular expression to match URLs
+  const urlRegex = /https?:\/\/([a-zA-Z0-9.-]+)\/[^ ]*/g
+
+  return rawHtml.replace(urlRegex, (match) => {
+    const readableHost = extractHostname(match)
+    return `<a href="${match}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">${readableHost}</a>`
+  })
+}
+
+export const NicerTextFormat: React.FC<TypographyProps> = ({
+  children,
+  ...props
+}) => {
+  const formattedHtml = formatHtmlWithUrls(children as string)
+  return (
+    <Typography
+      {...props}
+      dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: formattedHtml }}
+    />
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.Blocks.tsx b/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.Blocks.tsx
index a92b26c..dd80cf8 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.Blocks.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.Blocks.tsx
@@ -4,18 +4,18 @@ import { ParagraphIcon } from '@/components/Icons/ParagraphIcon'
 import { ResponsiveImage } from '@/components/ResponsiveImage/ResponsiveImage'
 import { Grid, GridItem } from '@/components/Grid/Grid'
 import { Typography } from '@acid-info/lsd-react'
+import { uiConfigs } from '@/configs/ui.configs'
+import { NicerTextFormat } from '@/components/Search/SearchResult.NicerTextFormat'
 
 interface Props {
-  blocks: LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.ContentBlock>[]
+  textBlocks: LPE.Post.TextBlock[]
+  imageBlocks: LPE.Post.ImageBlock[]
 }
-export const SearchResultTopPostBlocks = ({ blocks }: Props) => {
-  const imageBlocks = blocks.filter(
-    (block) => block.type === LPE.ContentTypes.Image,
-  )
-  const textBlocks = blocks.filter(
-    (block) => block.type === LPE.ContentTypes.Text,
-  )
 
+export const SearchResultTopPostBlocks = ({
+  textBlocks,
+  imageBlocks,
+}: Props) => {
   return (
     <Container>
       <div>
@@ -26,17 +26,16 @@ export const SearchResultTopPostBlocks = ({ blocks }: Props) => {
           {textBlocks.map((block, index) => (
             <TextBlockItem key={`para-${index}`}>
               <ParagraphIcon />
-              <Typography variant={'subtitle2'}>
-                {(block.data as LPE.Post.TextBlock).text.slice(0, 60)}...
-              </Typography>
+              <NicerTextFormat variant={'subtitle2'}>
+                {block.text}
+              </NicerTextFormat>
             </TextBlockItem>
           ))}
         </TextBlocks>
       )}
       {imageBlocks.length > 0 && (
         <ImageBlocks>
-          {imageBlocks.map((block, index) => {
-            const data = block.data as LPE.Post.ImageBlock
+          {imageBlocks.map((data, index) => {
             const isPortrait = data.width < data.height
             return (
               <ImageBlockItem
@@ -65,16 +64,22 @@ const TextBlockItem = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;
   gap: 8px;
+  > *:last-of-type {
+    max-width: 70%;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+  }
 `
 
 const ImageBlocks = styled.div`
   display: flex;
   flex-wrap: wrap;
-  gap: 16px;
+  gap: 8px;
   margin-top: 8px;
 `
 const ImageBlockItem = styled.div`
-  width: 30%;
+  width: 20%;
   .refImage__portrait {
     width: 15%;
   }
diff --git a/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.tsx b/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.tsx
index 332c99d..a3a4a87 100644
--- a/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Search/SearchResult.TopPost.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,16 @@ import { lsdUtils } from '@/utils/lsd.utils'
 interface Props {
   post: LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.Document>
   shows: LPE.Podcast.Show[]
-  blocks: LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.ContentBlock>[]
+  relatedTextBlocks: LPE.Article.TextBlock[]
+  relatedImageBlocks: LPE.Article.ImageBlock[]
 }
-export const SearchResultTopPost = ({ post, shows, blocks }: Props) => {
+
+export const SearchResultTopPost = ({
+  post,
+  shows,
+  relatedImageBlocks,
+  relatedTextBlocks,
+}: Props) => {
   const data = PostCard.toData(post.data, shows)
   return (
     <Container>
@@ -23,7 +30,12 @@ export const SearchResultTopPost = ({ post, shows, blocks }: Props) => {
         size={'large'}
         contentType={post.type as LPE.PostType}
       />
-      {blocks.length > 0 && <SearchResultTopPostBlocks blocks={blocks} />}
+      {relatedTextBlocks.length + relatedImageBlocks.length > 0 && (
+        <SearchResultTopPostBlocks
+          imageBlocks={relatedImageBlocks}
+          textBlocks={relatedTextBlocks}
+        />
+      )}
     </Container>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/configs/ui.configs.ts b/src/configs/ui.configs.ts
index d6702a8..b4d3ffa 100644
--- a/src/configs/ui.configs.ts
+++ b/src/configs/ui.configs.ts
@@ -10,4 +10,9 @@ export const uiConfigs = {
     largeColumn: 4,
     smallColumn: 2,
   },
+  searchResult: {
+    numberOfParagraphsShowInTopResult: 4,
+    numberOfImagesShowInTopResult: 3,
+    numberOfTotalBlocksInListView: 20,
+  },
 }
diff --git a/src/containers/Search/ListView.tsx b/src/containers/Search/ListView.tsx
index de9bc49..9601175 100644
--- a/src/containers/Search/ListView.tsx
+++ b/src/containers/Search/ListView.tsx
@@ -10,18 +10,22 @@ import { SearchResultListBlocks } from '@/components/Search/SearchResult.Blocks'
 import { Typography } from '@acid-info/lsd-react'
 import { lsdUtils } from '@/utils/lsd.utils'
 import { uiConfigs } from '@/configs/ui.configs'
+import useWindowSize from '@/utils/ui.utils'
 
 interface Props {
   posts: LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.Document>[]
   blocks: LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.ContentBlock>[]
   shows: LPE.Podcast.Show[]
   busy: boolean
+  showTopPost: boolean
 }
 
 export const SearchResultsListView = (props: Props) => {
-  const { posts, shows, blocks, busy } = props
+  const { posts, shows, blocks, busy, showTopPost } = props
+  const isMobile = useWindowSize().width < 768
 
   const mostReferredPostIndex = useMemo(() => {
+    if (!showTopPost) return -1
     // Extract the IDs of the first 3 posts
     const firstThreePostIds = posts.slice(0, 3).map((post) => post.data.id)
 
@@ -57,20 +61,45 @@ export const SearchResultsListView = (props: Props) => {
     return mostReferredPostIndex >= 0 ? posts[mostReferredPostIndex] : null
   }, [mostReferredPostIndex])
 
-  const [renderPosts, renderBlocks, topResultBlocks] = useMemo(() => {
+  const [
+    renderPosts,
+    renderBlocks,
+    imageBlocksInTopResult,
+    textBlocksInTopResult,
+  ] = useMemo(() => {
     const _renderPosts = topPost
       ? posts.filter((p) => p.data.id !== topPost.data.id)
       : posts
-    // we want to only show those blocks in top results
-    // that are among the top 10 results
-    const _topResultBlocks = blocks
-      .slice(0, 10)
-      .filter((b) => b.data.document.id === topPost?.data.id)
-    const _renderBlocks = blocks.filter(
-      (b) =>
-        _topResultBlocks.findIndex((tb) => tb.data.id === b.data.id) === -1,
+
+    const blocksRelatedToTopPost = blocks.filter(
+      (b) => b.data.document.id === topPost?.data.id,
     )
-    return [_renderPosts, _renderBlocks, _topResultBlocks]
+
+    const imageBlocksInTopResult = blocksRelatedToTopPost
+      .filter((block) => block.type === LPE.ContentTypes.Image)
+      .slice(0, uiConfigs.searchResult.numberOfImagesShowInTopResult)
+      .map((b) => b.data)
+
+    const textBlocksInTopResult = blocksRelatedToTopPost
+      .filter((block) => block.type === LPE.ContentTypes.Text)
+      .slice(0, uiConfigs.searchResult.numberOfParagraphsShowInTopResult)
+      .map((b) => b.data)
+
+    const _renderBlocks = blocks.filter((b) => {
+      if (b.type === LPE.ContentTypes.Image) {
+        return (
+          imageBlocksInTopResult.findIndex((ib) => ib.id === b.data.id) === -1
+        )
+      }
+      return true
+    })
+
+    return [
+      _renderPosts,
+      _renderBlocks,
+      imageBlocksInTopResult,
+      textBlocksInTopResult,
+    ]
   }, [posts, blocks, topPost])
 
   return (
@@ -84,7 +113,12 @@ export const SearchResultsListView = (props: Props) => {
             <SearchResultTopPost
               post={topPost}
               shows={shows}
-              blocks={topResultBlocks}
+              relatedImageBlocks={
+                imageBlocksInTopResult as LPE.Article.ImageBlock[]
+              }
+              relatedTextBlocks={
+                textBlocksInTopResult as LPE.Article.TextBlock[]
+              }
             />
           </PostsListHeader>
         )}
@@ -97,7 +131,8 @@ export const SearchResultsListView = (props: Props) => {
               <SearchResultListPosts posts={renderPosts} shows={shows} />
             </>
           ) : (
-            !busy && (
+            !busy &&
+            !topPost && (
               <Typography variant={'subtitle2'} genericFontFamily={'serif'}>
                 No results found
               </Typography>
@@ -107,20 +142,21 @@ export const SearchResultsListView = (props: Props) => {
       </PostsList>
       <GridItem className={'w-1'} />
       <BlocksList className={'w-3'}>
-        {renderBlocks.length > 0 ? (
-          <BlockListSticky>
-            <SearchResultsListHeader
-              title={copyConfigs.search.labels.relatedContent}
-            />
-            <SearchResultListBlocks blocks={renderBlocks} />
-          </BlockListSticky>
-        ) : (
-          !busy && (
-            <Typography variant={'subtitle2'} genericFontFamily={'serif'}>
-              No related content found
-            </Typography>
-          )
-        )}
+        {!isMobile &&
+          (renderBlocks.length > 0 ? (
+            <BlockListSticky>
+              <SearchResultsListHeader
+                title={copyConfigs.search.labels.relatedContent}
+              />
+              <SearchResultListBlocks blocks={renderBlocks} />
+            </BlockListSticky>
+          ) : (
+            !busy && (
+              <Typography variant={'subtitle2'} genericFontFamily={'serif'}>
+                No related content found
+              </Typography>
+            )
+          ))}
       </BlocksList>
     </Container>
   )
@@ -128,6 +164,7 @@ export const SearchResultsListView = (props: Props) => {
 
 const Container = styled(Grid)`
   padding-top: 56px;
+
   ${({ theme }) => lsdUtils.breakpoint(theme, 'xs', 'exact')} {
     padding-top: 32px;
   }
@@ -137,6 +174,7 @@ const PostsList = styled(GridItem)`
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
   gap: 56px;
+
   ${({ theme }) => lsdUtils.breakpoint(theme, 'xs', 'exact')} {
     gap: 32px;
   }
diff --git a/src/pages/search.tsx b/src/pages/search.tsx
index d4874a2..5d739bd 100644
--- a/src/pages/search.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/search.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { ApiResponse } from '@/types/data.types'
 import useWindowSize from '@/utils/ui.utils'
 import { uiConfigs } from '@/configs/ui.configs'
 import themeState, { useThemeState } from '@/states/themeState/theme.state'
+import { searchBlocksBasicFilter } from '@/utils/search.utils'
 
 interface SearchPageProps {
   topics: string[]
@@ -41,16 +42,30 @@ export default function SearchPage({ topics, shows }: SearchPageProps) {
   const [types, setTypes] = useState<string[]>([])
 
   const { data, isLoading } = useQuery(['search', query, tags, types], () => {
-    return api.search({
-      query: query.length > 0 ? query : ' ',
-      tags,
-      type: types as LPE.ContentType[],
-    })
+    return api
+      .search({
+        query: query.length > 0 ? query : ' ',
+        tags,
+        type: types as LPE.ContentType[],
+      })
+      .then((res) => {
+        if (!res) return
+        if (res.errors) return
+        if (!res.data) return
+        return {
+          ...res.data,
+          blocks: res.data.blocks.filter((b) =>
+            searchBlocksBasicFilter(
+              b as LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.ContentBlock>,
+            ),
+          ),
+        }
+      })
   })
 
-  const blocks = (data?.data.blocks ||
+  const blocks = (data?.blocks ||
     []) as LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.ContentBlock>[]
-  const posts = (data?.data.posts ||
+  const posts = (data?.posts ||
     []) as LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.Document>[]
   const handleSearch = async (
     query: string,
@@ -86,10 +101,14 @@ export default function SearchPage({ topics, shows }: SearchPageProps) {
       />
       {view === 'list' && (
         <SearchResultsListView
-          blocks={blocks}
+          blocks={blocks.slice(
+            0,
+            uiConfigs.searchResult.numberOfTotalBlocksInListView,
+          )}
           posts={posts}
           shows={shows}
           busy={isLoading}
+          showTopPost={query.length > 0}
         />
       )}
       {view === 'explore' && (
diff --git a/src/utils/search.utils.ts b/src/utils/search.utils.ts
index 64b0c7a..2e3da5f 100644
--- a/src/utils/search.utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils/search.utils.ts
@@ -1,61 +1,23 @@
-import { SearchResultItem } from '@/types/data.types'
-import { ParsedUrlQuery } from 'querystring'
+import { LPE } from '@/types/lpe.types'
 
-export const extractTopicsFromQuery = (query: ParsedUrlQuery): string[] => {
-  return query.topic ? (query.topic as string).split(',') : []
-}
-
-export const extractContentTypesFromQuery = (
-  query: ParsedUrlQuery,
-): string[] => {
-  return query.type ? (query.type as string).split(',') : []
-}
-
-export const addTopicsToQuery = (topics: string[]): string | undefined => {
-  return topics.length ? `topic=${topics.join(',')}` : undefined
-}
-
-export const addContentTypesToQuery = (
-  contentTypes: string[],
-): string | undefined => {
-  return contentTypes.length ? `type=${contentTypes.join(',')}` : undefined
-}
-
-export const extractQueryFromQuery = (queryObj: ParsedUrlQuery): string => {
-  return (queryObj.query as string) || ''
-}
-
-export const addQueryToQuery = (query: string): string | undefined => {
-  return query.length > 0 ? `query=${query}` : undefined
-}
-
-export const createMinimizedSearchText = (
-  query: string,
-  filterTags: string[],
+export const searchBlocksBasicFilter = (
+  block: LPE.Search.ResultItemBase<LPE.Post.ContentBlock>,
 ) => {
-  let txt = ''
-  if (query !== undefined && query.length > 0) {
-    txt += `<span>${query}</span>`
+  const isTitle = (b: LPE.Post.TextBlock) => {
+    return b.classNames.includes('title')
   }
-  if (filterTags.length > 0) {
-    if (txt.length > 0) txt += '<b> . </b>'
-    txt += `${filterTags.map((t) => `<small>[${t}]</small>`).join(' ')}`
-  }
-  return txt
-}
-
-export const createSearchLink = (query: string, filterTags: string[]) => {
-  let link = '/search'
-  if (query.length > 0 || filterTags.length > 0) {
-    link += '?'
-  }
-  if (query.length > 0 && filterTags.length > 0) {
-    link += `query=${query}&topics=${filterTags.join(',')}`
-  } else if (query.length > 0) {
-    link += `query=${query}`
-  } else if (filterTags.length > 0) {
-    link += `topics=${filterTags.join(',')}`
+  const isLongEnough = (b: LPE.Post.TextBlock) => {
+    return b.text.length > 60
   }
 
-  return link
+  if (block.type === LPE.ContentTypes.Text) {
+    return (
+      !isTitle(block.data as LPE.Post.TextBlock) &&
+      isLongEnough(block.data as LPE.Post.TextBlock)
+    )
+  } else {
+    //   is an image
+    const isPodcastImage = block.data.document.type === LPE.PostTypes.Podcast
+    return !isPodcastImage
+  }
 }