diff --git a/htroot/index.html b/htroot/index.html
index 1d44d628e..43e5c42a2 100644
--- a/htroot/index.html
+++ b/htroot/index.html
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript" src="/yacy/ui/js/jquery.autocomplete.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript">
       $(document).ready(function() {
-		$('#search').autocomplete('/suggest.json', {parse: opensearch, delay: 0, selectFirst: false, scroll: false});  
+		$('#search').autocomplete('/suggest.json', {parse: opensearch, delay: 0, selectFirst: false, scroll: false, max: 20});  
         function opensearch(data) {
             var parsed = [];
             data = eval('({"suggest":' + data + '})');
diff --git a/htroot/yacysearch.html b/htroot/yacysearch.html
index 1f78d4f5f..72450d049 100644
--- a/htroot/yacysearch.html
+++ b/htroot/yacysearch.html
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     <script type="text/javascript" src="/yacy/ui/js/jquery.autocomplete.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript">
       $(document).ready(function() {
-		$('#search').autocomplete('/suggest.json', {parse: opensearch, delay: 0, selectFirst: false, scroll: false});  
+		$('#search').autocomplete('/suggest.json', {parse: opensearch, delay: 0, selectFirst: false, scroll: false, max: 30});  
         function opensearch(data) {
             var parsed = [];
             data = eval('({"suggest":' + data + '})');
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/data/DidYouMean.java b/source/de/anomic/data/DidYouMean.java
index e0d09a8cc..11efbcf5c 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/data/DidYouMean.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/data/DidYouMean.java
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ import net.yacy.kelondro.util.ScoreCluster;
  */
 public class DidYouMean {
 
+    private static final int MinimumInputWordLength = 2;
+    private static final int MinimumOutputWordLength = 4;
+    
     private static final char[] ALPHABET_LATIN = {
         'a','b','c','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','o','p',
 		'q','r','s','t','u','v','w','x','y','z',
@@ -118,8 +121,10 @@ public class DidYouMean {
      * @return
      */
     public SortedSet<String> getSuggestions(long timeout, int preSortSelection) {
+        if (this.word.length() < MinimumInputWordLength) return this.resultSet; // return nothing if input is too short
+        long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        long timelimit = startTime + timeout;
         if (this.word.indexOf(' ') > 0) return getSuggestions(this.word.split(" "), timeout, preSortSelection, this.index);
-        long timelimit = System.currentTimeMillis() + timeout;
         SortedSet<String> preSorted = getSuggestions(timeout);
         if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timelimit) return preSorted;
         ScoreCluster<String> scored = new ScoreCluster<String>();
@@ -129,22 +134,18 @@ public class DidYouMean {
             scored.addScore(s, index.count(Word.word2hash(s)));
         }
         SortedSet<String> countSorted = Collections.synchronizedSortedSet(new TreeSet<String>(new indexSizeComparator()));
-        if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timelimit) {
-            while (scored.size() > 0) {
-                if (countSorted.size() >= preSortSelection) break;
-                String s = scored.getMaxObject();
-                scored.deleteScore(s);
-                countSorted.add(s);
-            }
-        } else {
-            int wc = index.count(Word.word2hash(this.word)); // all counts must be greater than this
-            while (scored.size() > 0) {
-                if (countSorted.size() >= preSortSelection) break;
-                String s = scored.getMaxObject();
-                int score = scored.deleteScore(s);
-                if (score > wc) countSorted.add(s);
-            }
+        int wc = index.count(Word.word2hash(this.word)); // all counts must be greater than this
+        while (scored.size() > 0 && countSorted.size() < preSortSelection) {
+            String s = scored.getMaxObject();
+            int score = scored.deleteScore(s);
+            if (s.length() >= MinimumOutputWordLength && score > wc) countSorted.add(s);
+            if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timelimit) break;
         }
+
+        // finished
+        Log.logInfo("DidYouMean", "found " + preSorted.size() + " terms, returned " + countSorted.size() + " suggestions; execution time: "
+                        + (System.currentTimeMillis() - startTime) + "ms" + " - remaining queue size: " + guessLib.size());
+
         return countSorted;
     }
 	
@@ -243,10 +244,6 @@ public class DidYouMean {
         // we don't want the given word in the result
         this.resultSet.remove(this.word);
 
-        // finished
-        Log.logInfo("DidYouMean", "found "+this.resultSet.size()+" terms; execution time: "
-                        +(System.currentTimeMillis()-startTime)+"ms"+ " - remaining queue size: "+guessLib.size());
-
         return this.resultSet;
 			
     }
@@ -347,7 +344,7 @@ public class DidYouMean {
                 String s;
                 try {
                     while (!(s = guessLib.take()).equals(POISON_STRING)) {
-                        if (index.has(Word.word2hash(s))) resultSet.add(s);
+                        if (s.length() >= MinimumOutputWordLength && index.has(Word.word2hash(s))) resultSet.add(s);
                         if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timeLimit) return;
                     }
                 } catch (InterruptedException e) {}
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/blob/ArrayStack.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/blob/ArrayStack.java
index 3e25ad7ac..56ab7d68a 100755
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/blob/ArrayStack.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/blob/ArrayStack.java
@@ -662,6 +662,43 @@ public class ArrayStack implements BLOB {
         return -1;
     }
     
+    /**
+     * get all BLOBs in the array.
+     * this is useful when it is not clear if an entry is unique in all BLOBs in this array.
+     * @param key
+     * @return
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public Iterable<Long> lengthAll(byte[] key) throws IOException {
+        return new BlobLengths(key);
+    }
+    
+    public class BlobLengths extends LookAheadIterator<Long> {
+
+        private final Iterator<blobItem> bii;
+        private final byte[] key;
+        
+        public BlobLengths(byte[] key) {
+            this.bii = blobs.iterator();
+            this.key = key;
+        }
+        
+        protected Long next0() {
+            while (this.bii.hasNext()) {
+                BLOB b = this.bii.next().blob;
+                if (b == null) continue;
+                try {
+                    long l = b.length(key);
+                    if (l >= 0) return Long.valueOf(l);
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    Log.logSevere("ArrayStack", "", e);
+                    return null;
+                }
+            }
+            return null;
+        }        
+    }
+    
     /**
      * retrieve the sizes of all BLOB
      * @param key
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowCollection.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowCollection.java
index 0ab5cf039..0526ce88a 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowCollection.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowCollection.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class RowCollection implements Iterable<Row.Entry>, Cloneable {
     }
     
     protected RowCollection(final Row rowdef, final Row.Entry exportedCollectionRowEnvironment) {
-        final int chunkcachelength = exportedCollectionRowEnvironment.cellwidth(1) - exportOverheadSize;
+        final int chunkcachelength = exportedCollectionRowEnvironment.cellwidth(1) - (int) exportOverheadSize;
         final Row.Entry exportedCollection = exportRow(chunkcachelength).newEntry(exportedCollectionRowEnvironment, 1);
         
         this.rowdef = rowdef;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public class RowCollection implements Iterable<Row.Entry>, Cloneable {
     
     private static Column exportColumn0, exportColumn1, exportColumn2, exportColumn3, exportColumn4;
 
-    protected static final int exportOverheadSize = 14;
+    protected static final long exportOverheadSize = 14;
 
     private static Row exportRow(final int chunkcachelength) {
         /*
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowSet.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowSet.java
index 2afbebc3f..cdc7c0599 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowSet.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/index/RowSet.java
@@ -79,16 +79,25 @@ public class RowSet extends RowCollection implements Index, Iterable<Row.Entry>
         if (orderbound < 0) return new RowSet(rowdef); // error
         long alloc = ((long) size) * ((long) rowdef.objectsize);
         assert alloc <= Integer.MAX_VALUE : "alloc = " + alloc;
+        assert alloc == b.length - exportOverheadSize;
         final byte[] chunkcache = new byte[(int) alloc];
         //assert b.length - exportOverheadSize == size * rowdef.objectsize : "b.length = " + b.length + ", size * rowdef.objectsize = " + size * rowdef.objectsize;
         if (b.length - exportOverheadSize != alloc) {
             Log.logSevere("RowSet", "exportOverheadSize wrong: b.length = " + b.length + ", size * rowdef.objectsize = " + size * rowdef.objectsize);
             return new RowSet(rowdef);
         }
-        System.arraycopy(b, exportOverheadSize, chunkcache, 0, chunkcache.length);
+        System.arraycopy(b, (int) exportOverheadSize, chunkcache, 0, chunkcache.length);
         return new RowSet(rowdef, size, chunkcache, orderbound);
     }
     
+    public final static int importRowCount(final long blength, final Row rowdef) {
+        assert blength >= exportOverheadSize : "blength = " + blength;
+        if (blength < exportOverheadSize) return 0;
+        int c = (int) ((blength - exportOverheadSize) / (long) rowdef.objectsize);
+        assert c >= 0;
+        return c;
+    }
+    
     private RowSet(Row rowdef, byte[] chunkcache, int chunkcount, int sortBound, long lastTimeWrote) {
         super(rowdef, chunkcache, chunkcount, sortBound, lastTimeWrote);
     }
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/IndexCell.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/IndexCell.java
index a050fa7b1..16b4bf0a5 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/IndexCell.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/IndexCell.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.concurrent.Semaphore;
 
+import net.yacy.cora.storage.ComparableARC;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.data.meta.URIMetadataRow;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.index.HandleSet;
 import net.yacy.kelondro.index.Row;
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ public final class IndexCell<ReferenceType extends Reference> extends AbstractBu
     // class variables
     private final ReferenceContainerArray<ReferenceType> array;
     private       ReferenceContainerCache<ReferenceType> ram;
+    private final ComparableARC<byte[], Integer>         countCache;
     private       int                                    maxRamEntries;
     private final IODispatcher                           merger;
     private       long                                   lastCleanup, lastDump;
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ public final class IndexCell<ReferenceType extends Reference> extends AbstractBu
         
         this.array = new ReferenceContainerArray<ReferenceType>(cellPath, prefix, factory, termOrder, payloadrow, merger);
         this.ram = new ReferenceContainerCache<ReferenceType>(factory, payloadrow, termOrder);
+        this.countCache = new ComparableARC<byte[], Integer>(100, termOrder);
         this.maxRamEntries = maxRamEntries;
         this.merger = merger;
         this.lastCleanup = System.currentTimeMillis();
@@ -147,29 +150,27 @@ public final class IndexCell<ReferenceType extends Reference> extends AbstractBu
 
     /**
      * count number of references for a given term
-     * this method may cause strong IO load if called too frequently, because it is
-     * necessary to read the corresponding reference containers from the files and
-     * count the resulting index object.
-     * To reduce the load for processes that frequently need access to the same
-     * term objects, a ARC cache is here to reduce IO load.
+     * this method may cause strong IO load if called too frequently.
      */
     public int count(byte[] termHash) {
+        Integer cachedCount = this.countCache.get(termHash);
+        if (cachedCount != null) return cachedCount.intValue();
         
-        int countFile;
+        int countFile = 0;
         // read fresh values from file
-        ReferenceContainer<ReferenceType> c1;
         try {
-            c1 = this.array.get(termHash);
+            countFile = this.array.count(termHash);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             Log.logException(e);
-            c1 = null;
         }
-        countFile = (c1 == null) ? 0 : c1.size();
+        assert countFile >= 0;
         
         // count from container in ram
         ReferenceContainer<ReferenceType> countRam = this.ram.get(termHash, null);
-
-        return (countRam == null) ? countFile : countFile + countRam.size();
+        assert countRam == null || countRam.size() >= 0;
+        int c = countRam == null ? countFile : countFile + countRam.size();
+        this.countCache.put(termHash, c);
+        return c;
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/ReferenceContainerArray.java b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/ReferenceContainerArray.java
index ffccd66c9..dbdbf251f 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/ReferenceContainerArray.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/kelondro/rwi/ReferenceContainerArray.java
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ public final class ReferenceContainerArray<ReferenceType extends Reference> {
     	if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timeout) {
     	    Log.logWarning("ReferenceContainerArray", "timout in index retrieval (1): " + k + " tables searched. timeout = 3000");
     	    return c;
-    	    // timeout = Long.MAX_VALUE; // to prevent that the warning is shown again
     	}
     	while (entries.hasNext()) {
     		c = c.merge(new ReferenceContainer<ReferenceType>(this.factory, termHash, RowSet.importRowSet(entries.next(), payloadrow)));
@@ -225,12 +224,36 @@ public final class ReferenceContainerArray<ReferenceType extends Reference> {
     		if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timeout) {
     		    Log.logWarning("ReferenceContainerArray", "timout in index retrieval (2): " + k + " tables searched. timeout = 3000");
     		    return c;
-    		    // timeout = Long.MAX_VALUE; // to prevent that the warning is shown again
             }
     	}
     	return c;
     }
     
+    public int count(final byte[] termHash) throws IOException {
+        long timeout = System.currentTimeMillis() + 3000;
+        Iterator<Long> entries = this.array.lengthAll(termHash).iterator();
+        if (entries == null || !entries.hasNext()) return 0;
+        Long a = entries.next();
+        int k = 1;
+        int c = RowSet.importRowCount(a, payloadrow);
+        assert c >= 0;
+        if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timeout) {
+            Log.logWarning("ReferenceContainerArray", "timout in index retrieval (1): " + k + " tables searched. timeout = 3000");
+            return c;
+        }
+        while (entries.hasNext()) {
+            c += RowSet.importRowCount(entries.next(), payloadrow);
+            assert c >= 0;
+            k++;
+            if (System.currentTimeMillis() > timeout) {
+                Log.logWarning("ReferenceContainerArray", "timout in index retrieval (2): " + k + " tables searched. timeout = 3000");
+                return c;
+            }
+        }
+        assert c >= 0;
+        return c;
+    }
+    
     /**
      * calculate an upper limit for a ranking number of the container size
      * the returned number is not a counter. It can only be used to compare the