Search Result Ranking Based on Usage of Search Listing Collections
First Claim
1. A method for generating a page of search results in response to a search query, said method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a search query;
storing search results that are responsive to the search query; and
transmitting a page of search results for display, wherein the page of search results include at least one search listing collection, and the at least one search listing collection includes at least two search listings that are to be displayed on said page of search results one at a time.
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Abstract
Search results generated in response to a search query includes one or more search listing collections and are ranked based on usage of search listing collections. In the case where search results including individual search listings are ranked, the usage metrics include: the number of times a search result has been added to a search listing collection, the number of times a search result has been viewed within a search listing collection, and the number of click-throughs or the click-through rate of a search result within a search listing collection. In the case where search results including search listing collections are ranked, the usage metrics include: the number of times the search listing collection has been e-mailed to another user or imported by another user, the number of pages that have been added to a search listing collection that are relevant to the search query, the number of times relevant pages within a search listing collection have been viewed, and the number of click-throughs or the click-through rate of the relevant pages within a search listing collection.
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1. A method for generating a page of search results in response to a search query, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search query; storing search results that are responsive to the search query; and transmitting a page of search results for display, wherein the page of search results include at least one search listing collection, and the at least one search listing collection includes at least two search listings that are to be displayed on said page of search results one at a time. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for generating a list of search results in response to a search query, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search query; storing search results that are responsive to the search query; identifying at least first and second search listing collections that include one of the search results; selecting one of the first and second search listing collections for display in place of said one of the search results; and transmitting the selected search listing collection for display. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a computer system that manages a plurality of search listing collections, a method for generating a page of search results in response to a search query, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a search query; storing search results that are responsive to the search query; ordering the search results based on the number of times the search results have been added to search listing collections; and transmitting a page of search results for display, wherein the page of search results include the ordered search results. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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