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Systems and methods for improving the ranking of news articles

  • US 8,332,382 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2012
  • Issued: 12/11/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • obtaining, in response to receiving a search query, articles and respective scores;

    identifying, using one or more processors, for an article of the articles, a source with which the article is associated;

    determining, using one or more processors, a score for the source, based on polling one or more users to request the one or more users to provide a metric that represents an evaluation of a source and based on a length of time between an occurrence of an event and publication, by the source, of another article associated with the event; and

    adjusting, using one or more processors, the score of the article based on the score for the source.

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