Domain Traffic Ranking
First Claim
1. An automated method for determining domain traffic, comprising:
- receiving at an authoritative name server a request to resolve a domain name that has n labels separated by periods, wherein the leftmost label is the first label and the top level domain is the nth label;
if the first label of the received domain name includes the string “
www”
, then incrementing a www counter for the domain name;
if the received domain name has only two labels, then incrementing an exact counter for the domain name;
if the first label of the received domain name does not include the string “
www” and
does not have only two labels, then incrementing an other counter for the domain name; and
calculating a domain traffic score based upon a plurality of the counters,wherein, calculating the domain traffic score includes applying a weighting factor to at least one of the counters.
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Abstract
An automated method for determining domain traffic including receiving at authoritative name server a request to resolve a domain name that has n labels separated by periods. The leftmost label is the first label and the top level domain is the nth label. If the first label of the received domain name includes the string “www”, then a www hit counter and/or a www requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. If the received domain name has only two labels, then an exact hit counter and/or an exact requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. If the first label of the received domain name does not include the string “www” and does not have only two labels, then another hit counter and/or another requesting server counter for the domain name are incremented. A domain traffic score is calculated based upon a plurality of the counters, and calculating the domain traffic score includes applying a weighting factor to at least one of the counters.
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16 Claims
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1. An automated method for determining domain traffic, comprising:
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receiving at an authoritative name server a request to resolve a domain name that has n labels separated by periods, wherein the leftmost label is the first label and the top level domain is the nth label; if the first label of the received domain name includes the string “
www”
, then incrementing a www counter for the domain name;if the received domain name has only two labels, then incrementing an exact counter for the domain name; if the first label of the received domain name does not include the string “
www” and
does not have only two labels, then incrementing an other counter for the domain name; andcalculating a domain traffic score based upon a plurality of the counters, wherein, calculating the domain traffic score includes applying a weighting factor to at least one of the counters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An automated method for determining domain traffic, comprising:
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receiving at an authoritative name server a request to resolve a domain name that has n labels separated by periods, wherein the leftmost label is the first label and the top level domain is the nth label; if the first label of the received domain name includes the string “
www”
, then incrementing at least one of a www hit counter and a www requesting server counter for the domain name;if the received domain name has only two labels, then incrementing at least one of an exact hit counter and an exact requesting server counter for the domain name; if the first label of the received domain name does not include the string “
www” and
does not have only two labels, then incrementing at least one of an other hit counter and an other requesting server counter for the domain name; andcalculating a domain traffic score based upon a plurality of the counters, wherein, calculating the domain traffic score includes applying a weighting factor to at least one of the counters. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An automated method for determining domain traffic, comprising:
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receiving at an authoritative name server a plurality of requests to resolve a domain name, at least two of the plurality of requests having a different number of labels separated by periods, wherein the leftmost label is the first label and the top level domain is the nth label; incrementing a plurality of counters based on the plurality of request, at least two of the counters separately counting the at least two requests with the different number of labels; and calculating a domain traffic score based upon the plurality counters, wherein, calculating the domain traffic score includes applying a weighting factor to at least one of the plurality of counters. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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