The present invention discloses a method for dynamically generating an
abstract from a search result abstract retrieved from a search engine.
Preferably embodied as a software program, the present invention allows a
user to "zoom" in and out of the abstract thereby retrieving greater or
lesser details of the abstract to further determine whether the resource
is useful or not. Groups of words within the search result abstract are
searched for indexable words or key words useful to the user. The
indexable words are then displayed to the user. Advantageously, the
process of the present invention is performed entirely on the user side
without having to reset the abstract level at the server side with a new
query.