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Fresh related search suggestions

  • US 8,412,699 B1
  • Filed: 06/12/2009
  • Issued: 04/02/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/12/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • selecting a plurality of prior queries wherein each of the prior queries was submitted as a search query a number of times during a recent time period and satisfies a criterion, wherein the criterion is a rate of change in query frequency during the time period, a deviation from an expected query frequency during the time period, or a threshold number of occurrences of the query during the time period;

    selecting one or more of the prior queries as candidate queries including determining, for each of the one or more prior queries, that a total number of search results responsive to the prior query include a threshold number of news results;

    in response to receiving a user query, selecting from the candidate queries one or more queries that match the user query; and

    providing one or more of the selected queries as related search suggestions for the user query.

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