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Method and system for ranking search results based on category demand normalized using impressions

  • US 9,355,153 B2
  • Filed: 03/24/2015
  • Issued: 05/31/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

  • receiving, at a server, a query to identify a set of item listings;

    identifying a sub-category for each item listing satisfying the query;

    obtaining a click probability score for each identified sub-category;

    determining sub-categories from the identified sub-categories with click probability scores exceeding a threshold score common to the identified sub-categories; and

    generating, at the server, a search results page with the item listings ordered based in part on the sub-categories with click probability scores exceeding the threshold score common to the identified sub-categories.

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