Method Of Sorting The Result Set Of A Search Engine
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1. A method of sorting the result set of a search engine, comprising the steps of obtaining a list of documents from a search engine based a plurality of search terms;
- prioritising the search terms;
sorting the list of documents according to the relevance of each webpage to priority of the search terms;
presenting the sorted the list of documents in an order wherein the documents most relevant to the priority of search terms is presented first to the user.
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A method is disclosed wherein the webpages listed in the result set of a search engine is sorted according to the relevance of the webpages to a list of prioritised search terms. Search terms which are phrases that are delimited by prepositions are considered search terms with high priority. Search terms which nouns are set to high priority. Search terms which are adjectives, verbs, auxiliary verbs, articles, conjunctions, pronouns and prepositions are set to low priority.
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1. A method of sorting the result set of a search engine, comprising the steps of obtaining a list of documents from a search engine based a plurality of search terms;
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prioritising the search terms; sorting the list of documents according to the relevance of each webpage to priority of the search terms; presenting the sorted the list of documents in an order wherein the documents most relevant to the priority of search terms is presented first to the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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