This reduces search output so all you get is the phrase you searched on, followed by just links, no excerpt, meta, and so on.

Search code for Yael

<?php
/**
 * Search Results Template File
 */ 
get_header(); ?>
	<header>
		<h1>Search Results: &quot;<?php echo get_search_query(); ?>&quot;</h1>
		<br>
	</header>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) :  // results found?>
	<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
		<article>
			<p> <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>"><?php the_title();  ?></a> </p>
		</article>
	<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php else :  // no results?>
	<article>
		<h1>No Results Found.</h1>
	</article>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>