Functions of “Refine this search” and “Broaden this search” by Google
In March 2022, Google Corporation made the features “Refine this search” and “Broaden this search” accessible. Now users can see them in the lines of their search systems. Google confirmed this information to the publication Search Engine Land.
In the fall of 2021, the work on these features was announced during the virtual developers’ event Search On. The main task of “Refine / Broaden this search” is to improve search queries. Currently, these utilities work in English and are only available to users in the USA.
Google has not yet launched the previously introduced “Things to consider” and “Things to know,” as they are still in the testing phase.
Refine this search.
With this function, you can specify the topic and narrow the scope of questions for search.
Broaden this search.
This function expands the question or reduces the query to topics with more general content.
In his Twitter, Google employee Sullivan emphasized that neither block currently implies the usage of MUM technology. Although earlier developers stated that the announced applications of MUM “allow people to delve deeper and investigate search queries more easily.”
