Method for removing network effects from search engine results
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1. A computer-implemented method for ranking results from a search engine comprising:
- providing the results from a search query of the search engine, the results comprising a plurality of web pages, each web page having one or more inbound links;
computing a growth of the number of inbound links of each web page; and
ranking each web page based a function of its respective computed growth of the number of inbound links.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for ranking results from a search engine query is described. In one embodiment, the search engine provides results from a search query. The results contain a list of web pages where each web page has one or more inbound links. The search engine computes the growth of the number of inbound links of each web page over a predefined period of time. The search engine ranks each web page based on a function of its respective computed growth of the number of inbound links.
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1. A computer-implemented method for ranking results from a search engine comprising:
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providing the results from a search query of the search engine, the results comprising a plurality of web pages, each web page having one or more inbound links; computing a growth of the number of inbound links of each web page; and ranking each web page based a function of its respective computed growth of the number of inbound links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a machine-accessible storage medium including data that, when accessed by a machine, cause the machine to perform a method comprising; providing the results from a search query of the search engine, the results comprising a plurality of web pages, each web page having one or more inbound links; computing a growth of the number of inbound links of each web page; and ranking each web page based on a function of its respective computed growth of the number of inbound links. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computing system comprising:
a search engine configured to provide the results from a search query of the search engine, the results comprising a plurality of web pages, each web page having one or more inbound links, to compute a growth of the number of inbound links of each web page, and to rank each web page based on a function of its respective computed growth of the number of inbound links. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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