Method and apparatus for rating user generated content in search results
First Claim
1. A method for ranking web documents including user generated content (UGC) with respect to search results generated by a search engine, the method comprising:
- recognizing a UGC data field from a web document located at a web location;
calculating, with a processor, a document goodness factor for the web document, the document goodness factor measuring overall quality of the web document;
calculating, with a processor, an author rank for an author of the UGC data field;
calculating a web location rank for the web location;
generating a rating factor for the UGC data field based on the document goodness factor, the author rank and the web location rank;
boosting the web document in a search result set of web documents to a higher ranking above a second web document by applying a damping factor that boosts the web document in the search result set based on a difference between a number of web documents that have been assigned to root categories associated with the web document and the second web document, divided by a total number of the web documents assigned to the root categories associated with the web document and the second web document; and
outputting a search result including the UGC data field positioned in the search results based on the rating factor and the damping factor.
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Abstract
Generally, a method and apparatus provides for rating user generated content (UGC) with respect to search engine results. The method and apparatus includes recognizing a UGC data field collected from a web document located at a web location. The method and apparatus calculates: a document goodness factor for the web document; an author rank for an author of the UGC data field; and a location rank for web location. The method and apparatus thereby generates a rating factor for the UGC field based on the document goodness factor, the author rank and the location rank. The method and apparatus also outputs a search result that includes the UGC data field positioned in the search results based on the rating factor.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for ranking web documents including user generated content (UGC) with respect to search results generated by a search engine, the method comprising:
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recognizing a UGC data field from a web document located at a web location; calculating, with a processor, a document goodness factor for the web document, the document goodness factor measuring overall quality of the web document; calculating, with a processor, an author rank for an author of the UGC data field; calculating a web location rank for the web location; generating a rating factor for the UGC data field based on the document goodness factor, the author rank and the web location rank; boosting the web document in a search result set of web documents to a higher ranking above a second web document by applying a damping factor that boosts the web document in the search result set based on a difference between a number of web documents that have been assigned to root categories associated with the web document and the second web document, divided by a total number of the web documents assigned to the root categories associated with the web document and the second web document; and outputting a search result including the UGC data field positioned in the search results based on the rating factor and the damping factor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for ranking web documents including user generated content (UGC) with respect to search results generated by a search engine, the apparatus comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon; and a processing device, in response to the executable instructions, operative to; recognize a UGC data field from a web document located at a web location; calculate a document goodness factor for the web document, the document goodness factor measuring overall quality of the web document; calculate an author rank for an author of the UGC data field; calculate a web location rank for the web location; generate a rating factor for the UGC data field based on the document goodness factor, the author rank and the web location rank; boost the web document in a search result set of web documents to a higher ranking above a second web document by applying a damping factor that boosts the web document in the search result set based on a difference between a number of web documents that have been assigned to root categories associated with the web document and the second web document, divided by a total number of the web documents assigned to the root categories associated with the web document and the second web document; and output a search result including the UGC data field positioned in the search results based on the rating factor and the damping factor. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions stored thereon, when read by a processing device, the executable instructions provide a method for ranking web documents including user generated content (UGC) with respect to search results generated by a search engine, the method comprising:
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recognizing a UGC data field from a web document located at a web location; calculating a document goodness factor for the web document, the document goodness factor measuring overall quality of the web document; calculating an author rank for an author of the UGC data field; calculating a web location rank for the web location; generating a rating factor for the UGC data field based on the document goodness factor, the author rank and the web location rank; boosting the web document in a search result set of web documents to a higher ranking above a second web document by applying a damping factor that boosts the web document in the search result set based on a difference between a number of web documents that have been assigned to root categories associated with the web document and the second web document, divided by a total number of the web documents assigned to the root categories associated with the web document and the second web document; and outputting a search result including the UGC data field positioned in the search results based on the rating factor and the damping factor. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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