diff --git a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
index 9c4c5a10..b3ce20ac 100644
--- a/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/search_helper.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 module SearchHelper
-
 end
diff --git a/app/views/search/_show_results_collection.rhtml b/app/views/search/_show_results_collection.rhtml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0ea84351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/search/_show_results_collection.rhtml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<%
+collection = show_results_collection
+collection_name ||= 'unknown'
+collection_title ||= 'unknown object'
+unless collection.empty?
+-%>
+  <div id="<%=collection_name%>-container" class="container">
+    <h2><span id="<%=collection_name%>" class="badge"><%= collection.size %></span><%= collection_title %></h2>
+    <%= yield %>
+  </div>
+<% end -%>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/search/results.rhtml b/app/views/search/results.rhtml
index ceb1e232..cb83a8d7 100644
--- a/app/views/search/results.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/search/results.rhtml
@@ -1,48 +1,28 @@
-<div id="display_box_results">
 <% if @count == 0 -%>
   <div class="message"><p><%= t('search.no_results') %></p></div>
 <% else -%>
-  <% unless @found_todos.empty? -%>
-    <div id="found-todos-container" class="container">
-      <h2><span id="found-todos-count" class="badge"><%= @found_todos.size %></span><%= t('search.todos_matching_query') %></h2>
-      <%= render :partial => "todos/todo", :collection => @found_todos, :locals => { :parent_container_type => 'search', :suppress_context => false, :suppress_project => false, :suppress_edit_button => true } %>
-    </div>
+
+  <% render :layout => 'show_results_collection', :object => @found_todos, :locals => { :collection_name => "found-todos", :collection_title => t('search.todos_matching_query')} do %>
+    <%= render :partial => "todos/todo", :collection => @found_todos, :locals => { :parent_container_type => 'search', :suppress_context => false, :suppress_project => false, :suppress_edit_button => true } %>
   <% end -%>
 
-  <% unless @found_projects.empty? -%>
-    <div id="found-projects-container" class="container">
-      <h2><span id="found-projects-count" class="badge"><%= @found_projects.size %></span><%= t('search.projects_matching_query') %></h2>
-      <%= render :partial => "projects/project_listing", :collection => @found_projects, :locals => { :suppress_drag_handle => true, :suppress_edit_button => true } %>
-    </div>
+  <% render :layout => 'show_results_collection', :object => @found_projects, :locals => { :collection_name => "found-project", :collection_title => t('search.projects_matching_query')} do %>
+    <%= render :partial => "projects/project_listing", :collection => @found_projects, :locals => { :suppress_drag_handle => true, :suppress_edit_button => true } %>
   <% end -%>
 
-  <% unless @found_notes.empty? -%>
-    <div id="found-notes-container" class="container">
-      <h2><span id="found-notes-count" class="badge"><%= @found_notes.size %></span><%= t('search.notes_matching_query') %></h2>
-      <% for notes in @found_notes -%>
-        <div class="container" id="note-<%= notes.id %>-wrapper">
-          <%= render :partial => "notes/notes_summary", :object => notes %>
-        </div>
-      <% end -%>
-    </div>
+  <% render :layout => 'show_results_collection', :object => @found_notes, :locals => { :collection_name => "found-notes", :collection_title => t('search.notes_matching_query')} do %>
+    <%= render :partial => "notes/notes_summary", :collection=> @found_notes %>
   <% end -%>
 
-  <% unless @found_contexts.empty? -%>
-    <div id="found-contexts-container" class="container">
-      <h2><span id="found-contexts-count" class="badge"><%= @found_contexts.size %></span><%= t('search.contexts_matching_query') %></h2>
-      <%= render :partial => "contexts/context_listing", :collection => @found_contexts, :locals => { :suppress_drag_handle => true, :suppress_edit_button => true } %>
-    </div>
+  <% render :layout => 'show_results_collection', :object => @found_contexts, :locals => { :collection_name => "found-contexts", :collection_title => t('search.contexts_matching_query')} do %>
+    <%= render :partial => "contexts/context_listing", :collection => @found_contexts, :locals => { :suppress_drag_handle => true, :suppress_edit_button => true } %>
   <% end -%>
 
-  <% unless @found_tags.empty? -%>
-    <div id="found-tags-container" class="container">
-    <h2><span id="found-tags-count" class="badge"><%= @found_tags.size %></span><%= t('search.tags_matching_query') %></h2>
+  <% render :layout => 'show_results_collection', :object => @found_tags, :locals => { :collection_name => "found-tags", :collection_title => t('search.tags_matching_query')} do %>
     <span class="tags"><%  @found_tags.each do |tag| -%>
         <span class="tag"><%= link_to tag.name, {:controller => "todos", :action => "tag", :id => tag.name} -%></span>
       <% end %>
-    </span>
-    <br/>
-    </div>
-  <% end %>
+    </span><br/><br/>
+  <% end -%>
+
 <% end -%>
-</div>