AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION
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Abstract
A system determines documents that are associated with a location, identifies a group of signals associated with each of the documents, and determines authoritativeness of the documents for the location based on the signals.
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30. A method to identify an authoritative document corresponding to a business, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of candidate documents that are associated with a particular location, where the particular location is a location of the business; identifying a plurality of signals associated with each of the plurality of candidate documents, where the plurality of signals associated with a first document of the plurality of candidate documents include signals selected from the group consisting of; anchor text associated with outlinks from one or more of the plurality of candidate documents that point to the first document, a title of the first document, a number of locations with which the first document is associated, and a domain name associated with the first document; determining an authoritative score for each of the plurality of candidate documents based on the plurality of signals respectively associated with each of the plurality of candidate documents; and identifying the first document as an authoritative document for the business based on the authoritative score of the first document. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. A system to identify an authoritative document corresponding to a business, the system comprising:
one or more devices to; identify a plurality of candidate documents that are associated with a particular location, the particular location being a location of the business; identify a plurality of signals associated with each of the plurality of candidate documents, the plurality of signals associated with a first document of the plurality of candidate documents including signals selected from the group consisting of; anchor text associated with outlinks from one or more of the plurality of candidate documents that point to the first document, a title of the first document, a number of locations with which the first document is associated, and a domain name associated with the first document; determine an authoritative score for each of the plurality of candidate documents based on the plurality of signals respectively associated with each of the plurality of candidate documents; and identify the first document as an authoritative document for the business based on the authoritative score of the first document. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:
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one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to identify a plurality of candidate documents that are associated with a particular location, the particular location being a location of a business; one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to identify a plurality of signals associated with each of the plurality of candidate documents, the plurality of signals associated with a first document of the plurality of candidate documents including signals selected from the group consisting of; anchor text associated with outlinks from one or more of the plurality of candidate documents that point to the first document, a title of the first document, a number of locations with which the first document is associated, and a domain name associated with the first document; one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to determine an authoritative score for each of the plurality of candidate documents based on the plurality of signals respectively associated with each of the plurality of candidate documents; and one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to identify the first document as an authoritative document for the business based on the authoritative score of the first document. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49)
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