Google Inc.

Christian Kaiserlian

Adam L Berenzweig

Jeremy Hylton

David Kliger Elson

Lorenz Francis Huelsbergen

James Lawry

Phong Thanh Pham

Bryan M Kressler

Stanislav Plamenov Angelov

David Agraz

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for ranking search results. One of the methods includes identifying one or more sessions for a query and associating watch times of the respective resources watched in the sessions with the query. One or more watch time signals are calculated for a first resource and the query based on the watch times associated with the query. A first search result responsive to the query is obtained, wherein the first search result identifies the first resource and has an associated score S. A new score S' is calculated based on a least S and a watch time function, the watch time function being a function of the one or more watch time signals. The new score S&#x2032; is provided to a process for ranking search results including the first search result.

Watch time based ranking

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for presenting related conversations. In one aspect, it is determined that a portion of a conversation thread includes an exchange of messages between fewer than a predetermined number of conversation participants. Based on determining that the portion of the conversation thread includes the exchange of messages between fewer than the predetermined number of conversation participants, a conversation view can be generated that that includes a flattened representation of the portion of the conversation thread.

Presenting related communications

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Christian Kaiserlian