SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF A WEB LINK
First Claim
1. A method of evaluating a value rating for a web link to a destination web page comprising:
- identifying a web link to the destination web page, the web link associated with a linking web page;
obtaining linking web page data including a total number of links on the linking web page and a position of the web link on the linking web page;
obtaining destination web page data including a total number of out bound links on the destination web page and a total number of inbound links for the destination web page; and
generating a link value score for each web link based on the linking web page data and the destination web page data.
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the most relevant web links to a destination web page is disclosed. The method generates a link value for a linking web page by analyzing the position of the link to the destination web page, the number of links to the destination web page, the number of links to competitors of the destintion web page, and a universal significance score of the linking web page. A plurality of web links to the destination web page may be assessed to generate a link value score for each web link. A list of relevance rankings of the link value scores ranked from highest to lowest relevance may be compiled. Determining the web links with the highest link value to a destination web page enables that company to determine the most beneficial web links, and thereby establish better business relationships with the web page owners that provide the most beneficial links to the company'"'"'s web page.
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1. A method of evaluating a value rating for a web link to a destination web page comprising:
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identifying a web link to the destination web page, the web link associated with a linking web page; obtaining linking web page data including a total number of links on the linking web page and a position of the web link on the linking web page; obtaining destination web page data including a total number of out bound links on the destination web page and a total number of inbound links for the destination web page; and generating a link value score for each web link based on the linking web page data and the destination web page data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of evaluating relevance rankings for web links to a destination web page comprising:
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identifying a plurality of web links to the destination web page, each web link associated with a linking web page; obtaining linking web page data for each linking web page including a total number of links on the linking web page, a number of links to competing web pages on the linking web page, a position of the web link on the linking web page, and a universal significance score for the linking web page; obtaining destination web page data including a total number of out bound links on the destination web page and a total number of inbound links for the destination web page; and generating a plurality of link value scores for the plurality of web links. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer readable medium with computer-executable instructions for evaluating a value rating for a web link to a destination web page comprising:
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identifying a web link to the destination web page, the web link associated with a linking web page; obtaining linking web page data including a total number of links on the linking web page, a number of links to competing web pages on the linking web page, a position of the web link on the linking web page, and a universal significance score for the linking web page; obtaining destination web page data including a total number of out bound links on the destination web page and a total number of inbound links for the destination web page; and generating a link value score for each web link based on the linking web page data and the destination web page data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system comprising:
a server executing software to evaluate a value rating for a web link from a linking web page using data obtained about the linking web page. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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