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METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CHARACTERIZING A SEARCH RESULT AS POTENTIAL SPAM

  • US 20070185863A1
  • Filed: 01/31/2007
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of characterizing a search result as potential spam, the method comprising:

  • receiving a search result from a search engine, the search result being based on a search query;

    comparing data indicative of the search result to data indicative of the search query to determine a spam score, the spam score being based on at least one of a character length and a word length of a longest matching substring, the longest matching substring appearing in the search result and the search query;

    comparing the spam score to a threshold; and

    characterizing the search result as potential spam if the spam score crosses the threshold.

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