diff --git a/htroot/env/base.css b/htroot/env/base.css
index e7a548f0e..0f3db2acb 100644
--- a/htroot/env/base.css
+++ b/htroot/env/base.css
@@ -241,9 +241,37 @@ div.ProgressBar {
 }
 div.ProgressBarFill {
 	margin:0px;
+	padding:0px;
 	height:100%; /*not valid value for Netscape 8*/
 }
 
+#resCounter {
+	/* left part of the progress bar */
+	position: absolute;
+	left: 1em;
+}
+
+#resProgBar {
+	height: 1.5em;
+	margin: 1em auto;
+	position: relative; /* for "relative" absolute pos of children */
+	text-align: left;
+	width: 100%;
+	float: none;
+}
+
+#resNav {
+	/* right part of the progress bar */
+	position: absolute;
+	right: 1em;
+}
+
+#resProgFill {
+	position: absolute;
+	left: 0px;
+	top: 0px;
+}
+
 div.bookmarkList, div.Tags {
   margin-top:1em;
 }
diff --git a/htroot/js/yacysearch.js b/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
index e30c7ce5f..2ec23214c 100644
--- a/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
+++ b/htroot/js/yacysearch.js
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 function Progressbar(length, parent) {
-  // the description (displayed above the progressbar while loading the results), should be translated
-  var DESCRIPTION_STRING = "Loading results...";
-
   // the number of steps of the bar
   this.length = length;
   // the current position, expressed in steps (so 100% = length)
@@ -12,41 +9,46 @@ function Progressbar(length, parent) {
 
   // use this function to display the progress, because it updates everything
   this.step = function(count) {
-    this.position += count;
+    if (this.position < this.length)
+      this.position += count;
+
     // update the bar
     this.percentage = this.position*(100/this.length);
     this.fill.style.width = this.percentage + "%";
 
     // if the end is reached, the bar is hidden/removed
-    if(this.position==this.length)
-      removeAllChildren(this.element);
+    if(this.position >= this.length) {
+      this.fill.style.visibility = "hidden";
+    }
   }
 
   // the actual progressbar
   var bar = document.createElement("div");
-  bar.className = "ProgressBar";
-  bar.style.width = "100%";
-  bar.style.height = "20px";
-  bar.style.margin = "10px auto";
-  bar.style.textAlign = "left";
+  bar.id = "resProgBar";
+  bar.className ="ProgressBar";
 
   // the actual bar
   this.fill = document.createElement("div");
+  this.fill.id = "resProgFill";
   this.fill.className = "ProgressBarFill";
   this.fill.style.width = "0%"
   bar.appendChild(this.fill);
 
-  // a description for the bar
-  var description = document.createTextNode(DESCRIPTION_STRING);
-  var textcontainer = document.createElement("strong");
-  textcontainer.appendChild(description);
-
   // the container for the elements used by the Progressbar
   this.element = document.createElement("div");
   this.element.style.textAlign = "center";
   // get hasLayout in IE, needed because of the percentage as width of the bar
   this.element.className = "gainlayout";
-  this.element.appendChild(textcontainer);
+
+  // results counter inside progress bar
+  var resCounter = document.getElementById("resCounter");
+  resCounter.style.display = "inline";
+  bar.appendChild(resCounter);
+
+  // the result sites navigation
+  var resNav = document.getElementById("resNav");
+  resNav.style.display = "inline";
+  bar.appendChild(resNav);
   this.element.appendChild(bar);
   parent.appendChild(this.element);
 }
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 40dd0ca2b..dfac3477d 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ document.getElementById("Enter").value = "search again - catch up more links";
 	::
 	<p>No Results. (length of search words must be at least 3 characters)</p>
 	::
-	<p><strong id="resultsOffset">#[offset]#</strong>-<strong id="itemscount">#[linkcount]#</strong> results from a total number of <strong id="totalcount">#[totalcount]#</strong> known#(globalresults)#.::, <strong id="globalcount">#[globalcount]#</strong> links from other YaCy peers.#(/globalresults)#<div id="results"></div></p>
-	<p>Search Result Pages: <span id="pagenav">#[pagenav]#</span></p>
+	<div id="results"></div>
+	<span id="resCounter" style="display: inline;"><strong id="resultsOffset">#[offset]#</strong>-<strong id="itemscount">#[linkcount]#</strong> results from a total number of <strong id="totalcount">#[totalcount]#</strong> known#(globalresults)#.::, <strong id="globalcount">#[globalcount]#</strong> links from other YaCy peers.#(/globalresults)#</span>
+	<span id="resNav" style="display: inline;">#[resnav]#</span>
 	::
 	<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)#
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.java b/htroot/yacysearch.java
index 108562b9a..4b132ca48 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.java
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.java
@@ -323,29 +323,29 @@ public class yacysearch {
             prop.put("num-results_linkcount", 0);
 
             // compose page navigation
-            StringBuffer pagenav = new StringBuffer();
+            StringBuffer resnav = new StringBuffer();
             int thispage = offset / theQuery.displayResults();
-            if (thispage == 0) pagenav.append("&lt;&nbsp;"); else {
-                pagenav.append(navurla(thispage - 1, display, theQuery));
-                pagenav.append("<strong>&lt;</strong></a>&nbsp;");
+            if (thispage == 0) resnav.append("&lt;&nbsp;"); else {
+                resnav.append(navurla(thispage - 1, display, theQuery));
+                resnav.append("<strong>&lt;</strong></a>&nbsp;");
             }
             int numberofpages = Math.min(10, Math.min(thispage + 2, (theSearch.getGlobalCount() + theSearch.getLocalCount()) / theQuery.displayResults()));
             for (int i = 0; i < numberofpages; i++) {
                 if (i == thispage) {
-                    pagenav.append("<strong>");
-                    pagenav.append(i + 1);
-                    pagenav.append("</strong>&nbsp;");
+                    resnav.append("<strong>");
+                    resnav.append(i + 1);
+                    resnav.append("</strong>&nbsp;");
                 } else {
-                    pagenav.append(navurla(i, display, theQuery));
-                    pagenav.append(i + 1);
-                    pagenav.append("</a>&nbsp;");
+                    resnav.append(navurla(i, display, theQuery));
+                    resnav.append(i + 1);
+                    resnav.append("</a>&nbsp;");
                 }
             }
-            if (thispage >= numberofpages) pagenav.append("&gt;"); else {
-                pagenav.append(navurla(thispage + 1, display, theQuery));
-                pagenav.append("<strong>&gt;</strong></a>");
+            if (thispage >= numberofpages) resnav.append("&gt;"); else {
+                resnav.append(navurla(thispage + 1, display, theQuery));
+                resnav.append("<strong>&gt;</strong></a>");
             }
-            prop.putASIS("num-results_pagenav", pagenav.toString());
+            prop.putASIS("num-results_resnav", resnav.toString());
         
             // generate the search result lines; they will be produced by another servlet
             for (int i = 0; i < theQuery.displayResults(); i++) {