diff --git a/defaults/yacy.init b/defaults/yacy.init
index bf0c048d6..a0e1ee316 100644
--- a/defaults/yacy.init
+++ b/defaults/yacy.init
@@ -915,3 +915,8 @@ content.phpbb3.dbuser = notroot
 content.phpbb3.dbpw = joshua
 content.phpbb3.ppf = 1000
 content.phpbb3.dumpfile =
+
+# search engine teaser: an about box in search results
+# this is only shown, if the about.body is filled
+about.headline =
+about.body = 
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 974c3613c..bca85169c 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ $(function() {
 	$("#sidebar2").accordion('activate', false);
 	$("#sidebar3").accordion({});
 	$("#sidebar3").accordion('activate', false);
+    $("#sidebarAbout").accordion({});
 	$("#search").focus();
 });
 //]]>
@@ -128,9 +129,15 @@ document.getElementById("Enter").value = "search again";
 	<p>Searching the web with this peer is disabled for unauthorized users. Please <a href="Status.html?login=">log in</a> as administrator to use the search function</p>
 #(/num-results)#
 
+<!-- the search results -->
+<script type="text/javascript">
+var progressbar = new Progressbar(#[results]#, document.getElementById("results"));
+</script>
+<div style="float:left; width:70%;">
+
 <!-- show openstreetmap tiles if geoinfo was found -->
 #(geoinfo)#
-	::
+    ::
   <div class="searchresults">
   <h4 class="linktitle">
   <img src="http://www.openstreetmap.org/favicon.ico" class="favicon" style="width:16px; height:16px;" alt="" />
@@ -150,11 +157,6 @@ document.getElementById("Enter").value = "search again";
   </div>
 #(/geoinfo)#
 
-<!-- the search results -->
-<script type="text/javascript">
-var progressbar = new Progressbar(#[results]#, document.getElementById("results"));
-</script>
-<div style="float:left; width:70%;">
 <!-- linklist begin -->
 #(resultTable)#::<table width="100%"><tr class="TableHeader"><td width="30%">Media</td><td width="70%">URL</tr>#(/resultTable)#
 #{results}#
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.html b/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.html
index 741b0ba3c..e6f868031 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.html
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <div id="sidebar1" style="float: right; margin-top:5px; width: 220px;">
 #(nav-domains)#::
-<h3 style="padding-left:25px;">Domains</h3>
+<h3 style="padding-left:25px;">Domain Navigator</h3>
 <div><ul style="padding-left: 0px;">#{element}#
 <li>#[url]#</li>
 #{/element}#</ul></div>
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 <div id="sidebar2" style="float: right; margin-top:5px; width: 220px;">
 #(nav-authors)#::
-<h3 style="padding-left:25px;">Authors</h3>
+<h3 style="padding-left:25px;">Author Navigator</h3>
 <div><ul style="padding-left: 0px;">#{element}#
 <li>#[url]#</li>
 #{/element}#</ul></div>
@@ -18,12 +18,21 @@
 
 <div id="sidebar3" style="float: right; margin-top:5px; width: 220px;">
 #(nav-topics)#::
-<h3 style="padding-left:25px;">Topics</h3>
+<h3 style="padding-left:25px;">Topic Navigator</h3>
 <div><ul style="padding-left: 0px;">#{element}#
 <li>#[url]#</li>
 #{/element}#</ul></div>
 #(/nav-topics)#
 </div>
 
+#(nav-about)#::
+<div id="sidebarAbout" style="float: right; margin-top:5px; width: 220px;">
+<h3 style="padding-left:25px;">#[headline]#</h3>
+<div>
+#[body]#
+</div>
+</div>
+#(/nav-about)#
+
 
 
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.java b/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.java
index 950b99cd5..46848e79a 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearchtrailer.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class yacysearchtrailer {
             prop.put("nav-authors_element", authorNavigator.size());
         }
 
-        // attach always the topics
+        // topics navigator
         ArrayList<NavigatorEntry> topicNavigator = theSearch.getTopicNavigator(10);
         if (topicNavigator == null || topicNavigator.size() == 0) {
             topicNavigator = new ArrayList<NavigatorEntry>(); 
@@ -132,6 +132,17 @@ public class yacysearchtrailer {
             prop.put("nav-topics_element", i);
         }
         
+        // about box
+        String aboutBody = env.getConfig("about.body", "");
+        String aboutHeadline = env.getConfig("about.headline", "");
+        if (aboutBody.length() == 0 && aboutHeadline.length() == 0) {
+            prop.put("nav-about", 0);
+        } else {
+            prop.put("nav-about", 1);
+            prop.put("nav-about_headline", aboutHeadline);
+            prop.put("nav-about_body", aboutBody);
+        }
+        
         serverProfiling.update("SEARCH", new ProfilingGraph.searchEvent(theQuery.id(true), SearchEvent.FINALIZATION + "-" + "bottomline", 0, 0), false);
         
         return prop;
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/document/parser/html/ContentScraper.java b/source/de/anomic/document/parser/html/ContentScraper.java
index df42c9295..e1b4f5174 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/document/parser/html/ContentScraper.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/document/parser/html/ContentScraper.java
@@ -324,9 +324,9 @@ public class ContentScraper extends AbstractScraper implements Scraper {
     
     public byte[] getText(final String charSet) {
         try {
-            return content.toString().getBytes(charSet);
+            return content.getBytes(charSet);
         } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
-            return content.toString().getBytes();
+            return content.getBytes();
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCharBuffer.java b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCharBuffer.java
index 735197c75..ed2f815cd 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/server/serverCharBuffer.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/server/serverCharBuffer.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
@@ -267,6 +268,18 @@ public final class serverCharBuffer extends Writer {
         System.arraycopy(buffer, offset + start, tmp, 0, end - start);
         return tmp;
     }
+    
+    public byte[] getBytes(String charset) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
+        return new String(buffer, offset, length).getBytes(charset);
+    }
+    
+    public byte[] getBytes() {
+        try {
+            return getBytes("UTF-8");
+        } catch (UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
 
     public serverCharBuffer trim(final int start) {
         // the end value is outside (+1) of the wanted target array