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Search macro suggestions relevant to search queries

  • US 7,698,344 B2
  • Filed: 04/02/2007
  • Issued: 04/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-readable medium storing computer-useable instructions, that when used by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method comprising:

  • receiving a search query from an end user at a search engine;

    determining one or more search results based on the search query;

    accessing information regarding a plurality of search macros available to the search engine, the plurality of search macros having been previously defined by a plurality of different end users, each search macro comprising a set of user-defined search operators that operate to modify aspects of how searches are performed by the search engine;

    determining, from the plurality of search macros, one or more search macros relevant to the search query by;

    performing a search using at least one search macro,receiving one or more search results for the at least one search macro, andcomparing at least a portion of the search results for the search query against at least a portion of the search results for the at least one search macro to determine relevance of the at least one search macro for the search query; and

    communicating an identification of the one or more search macros for presentation to the end user.

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