Page ranking system employing user sharing data
First Claim
1. A system for producing web content keyword search results comprising:
- a web server on which is operating a web content keyword search engine;
a reference counter for maintaining a count of a number of social references made to an item of content;
a user interface to said web content keyword search engine for receiving a web keyword search request; and
a processor programmed to;
receive said web keyword search request, and in response access said web server to execute said web keyword search request by said web count keyword search engine;
in response to said web keyword search request, receive an identification of one or more items of content, at least one of said items of content being a subject of a count of a number of views of said item of content of said items of content and a count of a number of social references to said item of content of said items of content as maintained by said reference counter, a social reference comprising at least one of a sharing of said item of content and a sharing of a source of said item of content;
determine, for each said item of content which is the subject of a count of a number of social references, an associated social reference ranking factor that is a ratio of the count of the number of social references to said item of content to the number of views of said item of content;
provide said items of content for display as results of said web content keyword search, the results ordered in a first ranking provided by the web content keyword search engine; and
provide, for each item of content of the results that are ordered by the first ranking, a graphical representation of the associated social reference ranking factor for display adjacent the item of content in the results that are ordered by the first ranking.
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Abstract
Standard web content search result relevance and ranking is improved by considering certain social reference data, such as the number of times an item of content is shared, normalized for the number of times it is viewed. A system and method for improving the relevance and ranking includes a system and method for tracking the social references and a system and method for operating on search engine results to either re-order the results based on social reference data, re-order the search results based on a combination of the social reference data and the web search engine'"'"'s ordering, and/or display the social reference data either with the search results reordered or in the order provided by the web search engine. Many different forms of data constitute social reference, including sharing content or a link thereto by email, SMS, posting to a link-sharing site, blog, and bookmarking in a web browser.
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26 Claims
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1. A system for producing web content keyword search results comprising:
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a web server on which is operating a web content keyword search engine; a reference counter for maintaining a count of a number of social references made to an item of content; a user interface to said web content keyword search engine for receiving a web keyword search request; and a processor programmed to; receive said web keyword search request, and in response access said web server to execute said web keyword search request by said web count keyword search engine; in response to said web keyword search request, receive an identification of one or more items of content, at least one of said items of content being a subject of a count of a number of views of said item of content of said items of content and a count of a number of social references to said item of content of said items of content as maintained by said reference counter, a social reference comprising at least one of a sharing of said item of content and a sharing of a source of said item of content; determine, for each said item of content which is the subject of a count of a number of social references, an associated social reference ranking factor that is a ratio of the count of the number of social references to said item of content to the number of views of said item of content; provide said items of content for display as results of said web content keyword search, the results ordered in a first ranking provided by the web content keyword search engine; and provide, for each item of content of the results that are ordered by the first ranking, a graphical representation of the associated social reference ranking factor for display adjacent the item of content in the results that are ordered by the first ranking. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method for producing web content keyword search results, comprising:
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receiving, at a web server, a web content keyword search request; performing, using the web server, a web content keyword search in response to said web content keyword search request; receiving, from the web server, an identification of at least one item of content in response to said web content keyword search; obtaining, from a reference counter, a count of a number of view of each item of content of the at least one item of content and a count of a number of social references made to each item of content of the at least one item of content, a social reference comprising at least one of a sharing of said item of content and a sharing of a source of said item of content; determining, for each item of content, an associated social reference ranking factor that is a ratio of the count of the number of social references to said item of content to the number of views of said item of content; delivering said at least one item of content for display as results of said web content keyword search, the results ordered in a first ranking provided by the web server; and delivering, for each item of content of the results that are ordered by the first ranking, a graphical presentation of the associated social reference ranking factor for display adjacent the item of content in the results that are ordered by the first ranking. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable memory device having stored thereon computer implemented instructions for producing web content keyword search results, the instructions stored thereon comprising:
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instructions for receiving a web content keyword search request; instructions for performing a web content keyword search in response to said web content keyword search request; instructions for receiving an identification of at least one item of content in response to said web content keyword search; instructions for obtaining, from a reference counter, a count of a number of views of each item of content of the at least one item of content and a count of a number of social references made to each item of content of the at least one item of content, a social reference comprising at least one of a sharing of said item of content and a sharing of a source of said item of content; instructions for determining, for each item of content, an associated social reference ranking factor a ratio of the count of social references to said item of content to the number of views of said item of content; instructions for delivering said items of content for display as results of said web content keyword search, the results ordered in a first ranking; and instructions for delivering, for each item of content of the results that are ordered by the first ranking, a graphical presentation of the associated social reference ranking factor for display adjacent the item of content in the results that are ordered by the first ranking. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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