Document scoring based on link-based criteria
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving, by one or more server devices, history data for a document, the history data comprising an appearance date for each of a plurality of links to the document;
determining, by one or more processors of the one or more server devices and from the history data, that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time, and then classifying the document as stale,the determining that there has been a decrease in the rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time comprising;
comparing an oldest appearance date of the appearance dates, of the links to the document, to an oldest appearance date of the appearance dates of a group of newest links to the document, each link in the group of newest links to the document having an appearance date that is within a percentage of most recent appearance dates of the links to the document;
based on classifying the document as stale, decreasing, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, an initial score for the document, resulting in an altered score; and
ranking, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, the document with regard to at least one other document based on the altered score.
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Abstract
A method may include receiving a document and an initial score for the document; determining that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of new links that point to the document over time; classifying the document as stale in response to the determining; decreasing the initial score for the document, resulting in an updated score; and ranking the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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receiving, by one or more server devices, history data for a document, the history data comprising an appearance date for each of a plurality of links to the document; determining, by one or more processors of the one or more server devices and from the history data, that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time, and then classifying the document as stale, the determining that there has been a decrease in the rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time comprising; comparing an oldest appearance date of the appearance dates, of the links to the document, to an oldest appearance date of the appearance dates of a group of newest links to the document, each link in the group of newest links to the document having an appearance date that is within a percentage of most recent appearance dates of the links to the document; based on classifying the document as stale, decreasing, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, an initial score for the document, resulting in an altered score; and ranking, by the one or more processors of the one or more server devices, the document with regard to at least one other document based on the altered score. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
one or more processing devices to; receive history data for a document, the history data comprising an appearance date for each of a plurality of links to the document; determine, from the history data, that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time, and then classify the document as stale, the one or more processing devices, when determining that there has been a decrease in the rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time, further being to; compare an oldest appearance date, of the appearance dates of the links to the document, to an oldest appearance date of the appearance dates of a group of newest links to the document, each link in the group of newest links to the document having an appearance date that is within a percentage of most recent appearance dates of the links to the document; decrease, based on classifying the document as stale, an initial score for the document, resulting in an altered score; and rank the document with regard to at least one other document based on the altered score. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable instructions stored thereon, the computer-readable instructions comprising:
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one or more instructions to receive history data for a document, the history data comprising an appearance date for each of a plurality of links to document; one or more instructions to determine, from the history data, that there has been a decrease in a rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time, and then classify the document as stale, the one or more instructions to determine that there has been a decrease in the rate or quantity of appearances of new links that point to the document over time, including; one or more instructions to compare an oldest appearance date, of the appearance dates of the links to the document, to an oldest appearance date of the appearance dates of a group of newest links to the document, each link in the group of newest links to the document having an appearance date that is within a percentage of most recent appearance dates of the links to the document; one or more instructions to decrease, based on classifying the document as stale, an initial score for the document, resulting in an altered score; and one or more instructions to rank the document with regard to at least one other document based on the altered score. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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