if self.sortOrder == Qt.AscendingOrder:
            lo = 0
            hi = self.ui.resultsList.topLevelItemCount()
            if hi != 0 and not self.ui.resultsList.topLevelItem(0).__lt__(result):
                hi = 0
            while (True):
                mid = (hi + lo)/2
                if mid == lo:
                    break
                if self.ui.resultsList.topLevelItem(mid).__lt__(result):
                    lo = mid
                else:
                    hi = mid
            self.ui.resultsList.insertTopLevelItem(hi, result)
        else:
            cnt = self.ui.resultsList.topLevelItemCount() 
            lo = 0
            hi = cnt
            if hi != 0 and not self.ui.resultsList.topLevelItem(cnt - 1).__lt__(result):
                hi = 0
            while True:
                mid = (hi + lo)/2
                if mid == lo:
                    break
                if self.ui.resultsList.topLevelItem(cnt - 1 - mid).__lt__(result):
                    lo = mid
                else:
                    hi = mid
            self.ui.resultsList.insertTopLevelItem(cnt - hi, result)