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Modifying search result ranking based on populations

  • US 8,694,511 B1
  • Filed: 08/20/2007
  • Issued: 04/08/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

  • identifying click data for a document, wherein the click data represents a plurality of selections of the document, each selection being weighted according to a respective viewing time of the document when the document was identified as a search result responsive to a query submitted by a respective user in a respective country in a respective language;

    calculating first click data by aggregating the weighted selections of the document that are for a same respective country in a respective language;

    calculating second click data by aggregating the weighted selections of the document that are for a same respective language;

    deemphasizing the second click data relative to the first click data based on, at least, a determination that a language of the query and a language of a user interface are the same; and

    calculating a quality of result statistic for the document by combining the first click data with the deemphasized second click data; and

    providing the quality of result statistic as an input to a ranking for the document.

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