METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FILTERING SEARCH RESULTS

A method, apparatus, and computer program product for filtering search results is disclosed herein. A method for filtering search results may extract metadata attributes and associated attribute values from web search results. The method includes presenting the extracted metadata attributes to a user for selection by the user and receiving input from the user indicating a selected metadata attribute. The method includes presenting attribute values associated with the selected metadata attribute to the user for selection by the user and receiving input from the user indicating a selected attribute value. The method includes filtering the web search results based on the selected attribute value. Each entry in the filtered web search results includes the selected attribute value. The method includes displaying a filtered results list to the user where the filtered results list includes the filtered web search results.