Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to rank web site influence
First Claim
1. A method to rank an influence of a web site, comprising:
- determining, with a processor, a number of inbound links to a web site, the web site including posts that are associated with a topic;
calculating, with the processor, elapsed times between time adjacent posts that are relevant to the topic; and
determining a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links and times between adjacent ones of the inbound links.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to rank a web site are disclosed herein. An example method to rank the influence of a web site includes accessing a query based on a topic term, determining topic specific posts by applying the query to a first plurality of posts to a web site, comparing the topic specific posts to a list of web sites to determine a topic volume per site, determining a plurality of inbound links to the first plurality of posts, determining a number of inbound links to the posts that are relevant to the topic term by comparing the topic volume per site and the inbound links, and generating a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links to the posts that are relevant to the topic term and times between the inbound links.
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1. A method to rank an influence of a web site, comprising:
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determining, with a processor, a number of inbound links to a web site, the web site including posts that are associated with a topic; calculating, with the processor, elapsed times between time adjacent posts that are relevant to the topic; and determining a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links and times between adjacent ones of the inbound links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A tangible computer readable medium comprising computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a processor to at least:
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determine a number of inbound links to a web site, the web site including posts that are associated with a topic; calculate elapsed times between time adjacent posts that are relevant to the topic; and determine a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links and times between adjacent ones of the inbound links. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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