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KNOWLEDGE AND INTERESTS BASED SEARCH TERM RANKING FOR SEARCH RESULTS VALIDATION

  • US 20080140641A1
  • Filed: 12/07/2006
  • Published: 06/12/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for verifying the ranking of a plurality of search results that are produced by a search, comprising:

  • specifying a particular search term as belonging to one or more of the plurality of categories;

    for a plurality of users that initiate the search on the particular search term to then produce a plurality of search results that have a current ranking, determining a relevance score for each of the search results based on one or more particular users that select or click such each search result and the particular users'"'"' knowledge or interest in each category in which the particular search term belongs; and

    ranking the search results based on the determined relevance scores of the search results so as to calculate a new ranking of the search results; and

    specifying whether the current ranking of the search results is valid based on comparing the current ranking to the calculated new ranking of the search results.

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