Propagating useful information among related web pages, such as web pages of a website
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- a) accepting information pertaining to a Website;
b) identifying a term, pertaining to a first Web page of the Website, that likely should pertain to another Web page of the Website for purposes of processing a search query including the term;
c) determining a second Web page of the Website that has a particular relationship with the first Web page;
d) determining whether or not the identified term should be associated with the second Web page; and
e) if it is determined that the term should be associated with the second Web page, then saving the association of the identified term with the second Web page such that the second Web page would have a higher search score for a search query including the identified term than it would otherwise have.
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Abstract
Web pages of a Website may be processed to improve search results. For example, information likely to pertain to more than just the Web page it is directly associated with may be identified. One or more other, related, Web pages that such information is likely to pertain to is also identified. The identified information is associated with the identified other Web page(s) and this association is saved in a way to affect a search result score of the Web page(s).
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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a) accepting information pertaining to a Website;
b) identifying a term, pertaining to a first Web page of the Website, that likely should pertain to another Web page of the Website for purposes of processing a search query including the term;
c) determining a second Web page of the Website that has a particular relationship with the first Web page;
d) determining whether or not the identified term should be associated with the second Web page; and
e) if it is determined that the term should be associated with the second Web page, then saving the association of the identified term with the second Web page such that the second Web page would have a higher search score for a search query including the identified term than it would otherwise have. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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a) identifying a term pertaining to a first document. b) determining whether or not the identified term belongs to a class of information likely to pertain to one or more other documents for purposes of processing a search query including the term; and
c) if it is determined that identified the term does belong to a class of information likely to pertain to one or more other documents for purposes of processing a search query including the term, then 1) determining a second document that has a particular relationship with the first document such that information of the class is likely to pertain to documents with the relation, 2) determining whether or not the identified term should be associated with the second document, and 3) if it is determined that the term should be associated with the second document, then saving an association of the identified term with the second document such that the second document would have a higher search score for a search query including the identified term than it would otherwise have. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52)
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53. Apparatus comprising:
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a) means for accepting information pertaining to a Website;
b) means for identifying a term, pertaining to a first Web page of the Website, that likely should pertain to another Web page of the Website for purposes of processing a search query including the term;
c) means for determining a second Web page of the Website that has a particular relationship with the first Web page;
d) means for determining whether or not the identified term should be associated with the second Web page; and
e) means for saving the association of the identified term with the second Web page such that the second Web page would have a higher search score for a search query including the identified term than it would otherwise have, if it is determined that the term should be associated with the second Web page. - View Dependent Claims (54)
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