Focus Your Google Searches with Dynamic Result Clusters

CIT Google Search Service now offers more effective searching with dynamic result clusters. You can use dynamic result clusters to narrow search results and focus only on the information that is most relevant to your particular search topic.

How does it work?

A regular Google search often returns a long list of results that is too broad and unwieldy. You might have to search through several pages of listed results to find the specific sub-topic. However, if you are on a search page that has dynamic result clusters enabled, the top section of the search results will show a bunch of different topics closely related to the search term. This can help you narrow your focus and hone in on your target more quickly, with better results.

An example

If you search for the term "cancer" on the NIH home page (http://www.nih.gov/), you will see dynamic cluster results in action. Instead of getting a long list of links to every page that mentions cancer, at the top of your results page, under the heading "Narrow your search," you get a list of related sub-topics to help you search more effectively.

To see the narrowed search results for one of the suggested related topics from the dynamic cluster result, just click on the relevant link, and the targeted search result set will open.

Illustration 1: An example of a search result with dynamic result cluster

Cost

This search feature is available to Google Search Services customers upon request. There will be a one-time-only charge for the set-up of this feature.

More information

To request Dynamic Result Clusters for your Google Search page, or if you have any questions about CIT's Google Search service, please contact the NIH IT Service Desk at http://itservicedesk.nih.gov/support or call 301-496-4357, 301-496-8294 (TTY) or toll free at 866-319-4357.

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