System and method for ranking search results using click distance
US7761448B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 30, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jul 20, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 5, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9532
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Search results of a search query on a network are ranked according to an additional click distance property associated with each of the documents on the network. The click distance is measurement of the number clicks or user navigations from a page or pages on the network designated as highest authority or root pages on the network. The precision of the results is increased by the addition of the click distance term when the site or intranet where the search query takes place is hierarchically structured.
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