Change search results pager to mini pager?
you can override   template_preprocess_search_results in your template.php and 
instead      

   $variables['pager'] = theme('pager', array('tags' =&gt; NULL));      


use 

   $variables['pager'] = theme('views_mini_pager',array('tags' =&gt; NULL));


( just make sure you installed views module)
also this question can get you some clue 

How do I customize the search result page?