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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- evaluating a document that is hosted on a site, the document including a content item to which an agent associated with the content item has applied a digital signature;
determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and
in response to determining that the reputation score is portable, using the reputation score associated with the agent in calculating a quality score for the document, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results.
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing techniques for searching and ranking linked information sources. The techniques include receiving multiple content items from a corpus of content items; receiving digital signatures each made by one of multiple agents, each digital signature associating one of the agents with one or more of the content items; and assigning a score to a first agent of the multiple agents, wherein the score is based upon the content items associated with the first agent by the digital signatures.
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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evaluating a document that is hosted on a site, the document including a content item to which an agent associated with the content item has applied a digital signature; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the reputation score is portable, using the reputation score associated with the agent in calculating a quality score for the document, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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evaluating a document that is hosted on a site, the document including a content item to which an agent associated with the content item has applied a digital signature; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the digital signature is not portable, using the reputation score in calculating a quality score for the document only if the digital signature is fixed to the site, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A computer-implemented method for determining whether to use a reputation score of an agent associated with a content item included in an electronic document that is hosted on an Internet site in determining a quality score for the document, the method comprising:
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obtaining a digital signature that the agent has applied to the content item; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the reputation score is portable, using the reputation score associated with the agent in calculating a quality score for the document, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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evaluating a document that is hosted on a site, the document including a content item to which an agent associated with the content item has applied a digital signature; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the reputation score is portable, using the reputation score associated with the agent in calculating a quality score for the document, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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evaluating a document that is hosted on a site, the document including a content item to which an agent associated with the content item has applied a digital signature; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the digital signature is not portable, using the reputation score in calculating a quality score for the document only if the digital signature is fixed to the site, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing software for determining whether to use a reputation score of an agent associated with a content item included in an electronic document that is hosted on an Internet site in determining a quality score for the document, the software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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obtaining a digital signature that an agent associated with the content item has applied to the content item; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the reputation score is portable, using the reputation score associated with the agent in calculating a quality score for the document, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising; evaluating a document that is hosted on a site, the document including a content item to which an agent associated with the content item has applied a digital signature; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent portable; and in response to determining that the reputation score is portable, using the reputation score associated with the agent in calculating a quality score for the document, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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evaluating a document that is hosted on a site, the document including a content item to which an agent associated with the content item has applied a digital signature; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the digital signature is not portable, using the reputation score in calculating a quality score for the document only if the digital signature is fixed to the site, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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26. A system for determining whether to use a reputation score of an agent associated with a content item included in an electronic document that is hosted on an Internet site in determining a quality score for the document, the system comprising:
one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions when executed by the one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising; obtaining a digital signature that an agent associated with the content item has applied to the content item; determining, based on whether metadata associated with the digital signature specifies an address of a particular site, whether a reputation score associated with the agent is portable; and in response to determining that the reputation score is portable, using the reputation score associated with the agent in calculating a quality score for the document, wherein the quality score for the document is a query-independent criterion for ranking the document in search results. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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