Identification and ranking of news stories of interest
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1. A method performed by one or more computers, the method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of hub pages, each hub page including at least a threshold number of hyperlinks to news articles;
determining, for each of the hyperlinks to news articles, a reference position score based on a relative presentation position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages, the relative presentation position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages being a location in the hub page at which the hyperlink is presented relative to locations in the hub page at which other hyperlinks to other news articles are presented;
deriving news article scores for the news articles to which the hyperlinks link, each news article score being derived using the reference position scores for the hyperlinks to the news article; and
providing data representing the news article scores.
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for ranking news articles. A plurality of news articles referenced in one or more hub pages are identified, where each of the hub pages include respective references to one or more of the news articles. A score component is derived for a news article from a measure of a prominence of the news article in the hub pages that includes a reference to the news article.
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1. A method performed by one or more computers, the method comprising:
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identifying a plurality of hub pages, each hub page including at least a threshold number of hyperlinks to news articles; determining, for each of the hyperlinks to news articles, a reference position score based on a relative presentation position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages, the relative presentation position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages being a location in the hub page at which the hyperlink is presented relative to locations in the hub page at which other hyperlinks to other news articles are presented; deriving news article scores for the news articles to which the hyperlinks link, each news article score being derived using the reference position scores for the hyperlinks to the news article; and providing data representing the news article scores. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system comprising:
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one or more computers; and instructions for execution by the one or more computers, the instructions comprising instructions that cause the one or more computers to perform operations including; identifying a plurality of hub pages, each hub page including at least a threshold number of hyperlinks to news articles; determining, for each of the hyperlinks, a reference position score based on a relative position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages, the relative presentation position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages being a location in the hub page at which the hyperlink is presented relative to locations in the hub page at which other hyperlinks to other news articles are presented; deriving news article scores for the news articles to which the hub pages link, each news article score being derived using the reference position scores for the hyperlinks to the news article; and providing data representing the news article scores.
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12. A computer program product, encoded on a memory device including instructions, operable to cause one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
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identifying a plurality of hub pages, each hub page including at least a threshold number of hyperlinks to news articles; determining, for each of the hyperlinks, a reference position score based on a relative position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages, the relative presentation position of the hyperlink in each of the hub pages being a location in the hub page at which the hyperlink is presented relative to locations in the hub page at which other hyperlinks to other news articles are presented; deriving news article scores for the news articles to which the hub pages link, each news article score being derived using the reference position scores for the hyperlinks to the news article; and providing data representing the news article scores.
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13. A method performed by one or more computers, the method comprising:
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identifying a particular news article to which one or more hub pages link, each of the hub pages including at least a threshold number of hyperlinks to other news articles; for each of the hub pages, determining a reference position score for the hyperlink to the particular news article, the reference position score being determined based on a relative presentation position of the hyperlink in the hub page, the relative presentation position of the hyperlink in the hub page being a location in the hub page at which the hyperlink is presented relative to locations in the hub page at which other hyperlinks to other news articles are presented; deriving a news article score for the particular news article using the reference position scores; and providing data representing the news article scores. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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