diff --git a/app/views/search/_article.rhtml b/app/views/search/_article.rhtml
index be721cf..1878f3b 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_article.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/search/_article.rhtml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <div class="article-item-meta">
     <% if article.body %>
       <% body_stripped = strip_tags(article.body.to_s) %>
-      <br /><span class="article-item-body"><%= excerpt(body_stripped, body_stripped.first(3), 300) %></span><br />
+      <br /><span class="article-item-body"><%= excerpt(body_stripped, body_stripped.first(3), 200) %></span><br />
     <% end %>
 
     <br /><span><%= _('Tags: ') + article.tags.join(', ') if !article.tags.empty? %></span>
diff --git a/app/views/search/_product.rhtml b/app/views/search/_product.rhtml
index 28cd918..c2841e7 100644
--- a/app/views/search/_product.rhtml
+++ b/app/views/search/_product.rhtml
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     </div>
     <div class="product-description">
       <% if product.description %>
-        <span class="product-item-topic"><%= _('DESCRIPTION') %>  </span><%= product.description %>
+        <% desc_stripped = strip_tags(product.description) %>
+        <span class="product-item-topic"><%= _('DESCRIPTION') %>  </span><%= excerpt(desc_stripped, desc_stripped.first(3), 100) %>
       <% end %>
     </div>
   </div>
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