Index: branches/release-33/default_templates/search_results.mtml
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--- branches/release-33/default_templates/search_results.mtml (revision 1729)
+++ branches/release-33/default_templates/search_results.mtml (revision 1796)
@@ -100,6 +100,10 @@
                         <div id="alpha-inner">
 
-
-<mt:ignore><!-- Display search results --></mt:ignore>
+<mt:ignore><!--
+    Below is the block to show search results.
+    This makes an independent block to support
+    Ajax-based background retrieval of the next search results.
+--></mt:ignore>
+<MTSetVarTemplate id="search_results" name="search_results">  
 <MTSearchResults>
     <MTBlogResultHeader>
@@ -127,4 +131,7 @@
     </MTBlogResultFooter>
 </MTSearchResults>
+</MTSetVarTemplate>
+<mt:ignore><!-- Display search results constructed in the block above --></mt:ignore>
+<mt:var name="search_results">