diff --git a/actions/favorited.php b/actions/favorited.php
index 231b978973..20a354674f 100644
--- a/actions/favorited.php
+++ b/actions/favorited.php
@@ -143,6 +143,25 @@ class FavoritedAction extends Action
         $this->elementStart('div', 'instructions');
         $this->raw($output);
         $this->elementEnd('div');
+
+        $favorite = new Fave;
+
+        if ($favorite->count()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $message = _('Favorite notices appear on this page but noone has favorited one yet.') . ' ';
+
+        if (common_logged_in()) {
+            $message .= _('Be the first to add a notice to your favorites by clicking the fave button next to any notice you like.');
+        }
+        else {
+            $message .= _('Why not [register an account](%%action.register%%) and be the first to add a notice to your favorites!');
+        }
+
+        $this->elementStart('div', 'blankfiller');
+        $this->raw(common_markup_to_html($message));
+        $this->elementEnd('div');
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/actions/groupsearch.php b/actions/groupsearch.php
index 109a53ce11..31c4ffd948 100644
--- a/actions/groupsearch.php
+++ b/actions/groupsearch.php
@@ -72,12 +72,23 @@ class GroupsearchAction extends SearchAction
             $terms = preg_split('/[\s,]+/', $q);
             $results = new GroupSearchResults($user_group, $terms, $this);
             $results->show();
-        } else {
-            $this->element('p', 'error', _('No results'));
-        }
-        $user_group->free();
-        $this->pagination($page > 1, $cnt > GROUPS_PER_PAGE,
+            $user_group->free();
+            $this->pagination($page > 1, $cnt > GROUPS_PER_PAGE,
                           $page, 'groupsearch', array('q' => $q));
+        } else {
+            $this->element('p', 'error', _('No results.'));
+            $this->searchSuggestions($q);
+            if (common_logged_in()) {
+                $message = _('If you can\'t find the group you\'re looking for, you can [create it](%%action.newgroup%%) yourself.');
+            }
+            else {
+                $message = _('Why not [register an account](%%action.register%%) and [create the group](%%action.newgroup%%) yourself!');
+            }
+            $this->elementStart('div', 'blankfiller');
+            $this->raw(common_markup_to_html($message));
+            $this->elementEnd('div');
+            $user_group->free();
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -98,10 +109,5 @@ class GroupSearchResults extends GroupList
     {
         return preg_replace($this->pattern, '<strong>\\1</strong>', htmlspecialchars($text));
     }
-
-    function isReadOnly()
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
 }
 
diff --git a/actions/noticesearch.php b/actions/noticesearch.php
index 9058cf53c3..a4308450b4 100644
--- a/actions/noticesearch.php
+++ b/actions/noticesearch.php
@@ -114,22 +114,27 @@ class NoticesearchAction extends SearchAction
             $cnt = $notice->find();
         }
         if ($cnt === 0) {
-            $this->element('p', 'error', _('No results'));
+            $this->element('p', 'error', _('No results.'));
+
+            $this->searchSuggestions($q);
+            if (common_logged_in()) {
+                $message = sprintf(_('Be the first to [post on this topic](%%%%action.newnotice%%%%?status_textarea=%s)!'), urlencode($q));
+            }
+            else {
+                $message = sprintf(_('Why not [register an account](%%%%action.register%%%%) and be the first to  [post on this topic](%%%%action.newnotice%%%%?status_textarea=%s)!'), urlencode($q));
+            }
+
+            $this->elementStart('div', 'blankfiller');
+            $this->raw(common_markup_to_html($message));
+            $this->elementEnd('div');
             return;
         }
         $terms = preg_split('/[\s,]+/', $q);
         $nl = new SearchNoticeList($notice, $this, $terms);
-
         $cnt = $nl->show();
-
         $this->pagination($page > 1, $cnt > NOTICES_PER_PAGE,
                           $page, 'noticesearch', array('q' => $q));
     }
-
-    function isReadOnly()
-    {
-        return true;
-    }
 }
 
 class SearchNoticeList extends NoticeList {
diff --git a/actions/peoplesearch.php b/actions/peoplesearch.php
index 9e515ade1a..65d970dd15 100644
--- a/actions/peoplesearch.php
+++ b/actions/peoplesearch.php
@@ -60,14 +60,8 @@ class PeoplesearchAction extends SearchAction
 
     function showResults($q, $page)
     {
-
         $profile = new Profile();
-
-        // lcase it for comparison
-        // $q = strtolower($q);
-
         $search_engine = $profile->getSearchEngine('identica_people');
-
         $search_engine->set_sort_mode('chron');
         // Ask for an extra to see if there's more.
         $search_engine->limit((($page-1)*PROFILES_PER_PAGE), PROFILES_PER_PAGE + 1);
@@ -81,14 +75,15 @@ class PeoplesearchAction extends SearchAction
             $terms = preg_split('/[\s,]+/', $q);
             $results = new PeopleSearchResults($profile, $terms, $this);
             $results->show();
-        } else {
-            $this->element('p', 'error', _('No results'));
-        }
-
-        $profile->free();
-
-        $this->pagination($page > 1, $cnt > PROFILES_PER_PAGE,
+            $profile->free();
+            $this->pagination($page > 1, $cnt > PROFILES_PER_PAGE,
                           $page, 'peoplesearch', array('q' => $q));
+
+        } else {
+            $this->element('p', 'error', _('No results.'));
+            $this->searchSuggestions($q);
+            $profile->free();
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/actions/public.php b/actions/public.php
index fca90488fe..5a2720a9ad 100644
--- a/actions/public.php
+++ b/actions/public.php
@@ -168,14 +168,13 @@ class PublicAction extends Action
 
     function showPageNotice()
     {
-        $notice = Notice::publicStream(0, 1);
+        $notice = new Notice;
 
         if (!$notice) {
             $this->serverError(_('Could not retrieve public stream.'));
             return;
         }
 
-        // no notices in the public stream, let's get out of here
         if ($notice->count()) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/actions/publictagcloud.php b/actions/publictagcloud.php
index 5322372b2a..5bc7e0cbff 100644
--- a/actions/publictagcloud.php
+++ b/actions/publictagcloud.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class PublictagcloudAction extends Action
                        sprintf(_('These are most popular recent tags on %s '),
                                common_config('site', 'name')));
 
-        $tags = new Notice_tag();
+        $tags = new Notice_tag;
         if ($tags->count()) {
             return;
         }
diff --git a/db/notice_source.sql b/db/notice_source.sql
index 18ce1ecbe7..52d555dbfe 100644
--- a/db/notice_source.sql
+++ b/db/notice_source.sql
@@ -46,4 +46,5 @@ VALUES
     ('twitux','Twitux','http://live.gnome.org/DanielMorales/Twitux', now()),
     ('twitvim','TwitVim','http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=2204', now()),
     ('urfastr','urfastr','http://urfastr.net/', now()),
-    ('adium', 'Adium', 'http://www.adiumx.com/', now());
+    ('adium', 'Adium', 'http://www.adiumx.com/', now()),
+    ('yatca','Yatca','http://www.yatca.com/', now());
diff --git a/doc-src/bookmarklet b/doc-src/bookmarklet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03c0e97c9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc-src/bookmarklet
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+A bookmarklet is a small piece of javascript code used as a bookmark. This one will let you post to %%site.name%% simply by selecting some text on a page and pressing the bookmarklet.
+
+Drag-and-drop the following link to your bookmarks bar or right-click it and add it to your browser favorites to keep it handy.
+
+<MTMarkdownOptions output='raw'>
+<a href="javascript:var%20d=document,w=window,e=w.getSelection,k=d.getSelection,x=d.selection,s=(e?e():(k)?k():(x?x.createRange().text:0)),f='http://%%site.server%%/%%site.path%%/notice/new',l=d.location,e=encodeURIComponent,g=f+'?status_textarea=%22'+e(s)+'%22 from '+l.href;function%20a(){if(!w.open(g,'t','toolbar=0,resizable=0,scrollbars=1,status=1,width=720,height=570')){l.href=g;}}a();void(0);">Post to %%site.name%%</a>
+</MTMarkdownOptions>
+
diff --git a/lib/searchaction.php b/lib/searchaction.php
index c762db16f0..918f8dd9af 100644
--- a/lib/searchaction.php
+++ b/lib/searchaction.php
@@ -133,5 +133,28 @@ class SearchAction extends Action
             $this->showResults($q, $page);
         }
     }
+
+    function searchSuggestions($q) {
+        $qe = urlencode($q);
+        $message = sprintf(_(<<<E_O_T
+* Make sure all words are spelled correctly.
+* Try different keywords.
+* Try more general keywords.
+* Try fewer keywords.
+
+You can also try your search on other engines:
+
+* [Twingly](http://www.twingly.com/search?q=%s&content=microblog&site=identi.ca)
+* [Tweet scan](http://www.tweetscan.com/indexi.php?s=%s)
+* [Google](http://www.google.com/search?q=site%%3A%%%%site.server%%%%+%s)
+* [Yahoo](http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=site%%3A%%%%site.server%%%%+%s)
+
+
+E_O_T
+), $qe, $qe, $qe, $qe);
+        $this->elementStart('div', 'blankfiller');
+        $this->raw(common_markup_to_html($message));
+        $this->elementEnd('div');
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/util.php b/lib/util.php
index 73410e2891..b17a44bd85 100644
--- a/lib/util.php
+++ b/lib/util.php
@@ -581,10 +581,8 @@ function common_shorten_link($url, $reverse = false)
 
 function common_xml_safe_str($str)
 {
-    $xmlStr = htmlentities(iconv('UTF-8', 'UTF-8//IGNORE', $str), ENT_NOQUOTES, 'UTF-8');
-
-    // Replace control, formatting, and surrogate characters with '*', ala Twitter
-    return preg_replace('/[\p{Cc}\p{Cf}\p{Cs}]/u', '*', $str);
+    // Neutralize control codes and surrogates
+	return preg_replace('/[\p{Cc}\p{Cs}]/u', '*', $str);
 }
 
 function common_tag_link($tag)
diff --git a/scripts/laconica.spec b/scripts/laconica.spec
index 5f0ed5fa92..331e10671b 100644
--- a/scripts/laconica.spec
+++ b/scripts/laconica.spec
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
+# This version needs to match the tarball and unpacked directory name.
+%define LACVER 0.7.3
+
 BuildRequires:	php-pear
 BuildRequires:	httpd-devel
 
 Name:           laconica
-Version:        0.7.2
+Version:        %{LACVER}
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 License:        GAGPL v3 or later
-Source:         laconica-0.7.2.tar.gz
+Source:         laconica-%{version}.tar.gz
 Group:          Applications/Internet
 Summary:        Laconica, the Open Source microblogging platform
 BuildArch:      noarch
@@ -49,6 +52,8 @@ cp -a * %{buildroot}%{wwwpath}
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/laconica
 cp -a db %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/laconica/db
 
+mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/laconica/avatar
+
 mkdir -p %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d
 cat > %{buildroot}%{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d/laconica.conf <<"EOF"
 Alias /laconica/ "/var/www/laconica/"
@@ -74,6 +79,12 @@ rm -rf %buildroot
 %config(noreplace) %{_sysconfdir}/httpd/conf.d/laconica.conf
 
 %changelog
+* Wed Apr 03 2009 Zach Copley <zach@controlyourself.ca> - 0.7.3
+- Changed version number to 0.7.3.
+
+* Fri Mar 13 2009 Ken Sedgwick <ksedgwic@bonsai.com> - 0.7.2.1-1
+- Factored laconica version to the first line of the file.
+
 * Wed Mar 03 2009 Zach Copley <zach@controlyourself.ca> - 0.7.2
 - Changed version number to 0.7.2.