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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
May. 19, 2020
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Ziliu Li, Sammamish, WA (US);
Junaid Ahmed, Bellevue, WA (US);
Arnold Overwijk, Redmond, WA (US);
Li Xiong, Kirkland, WA (US);
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Technologies pertaining to ranking webpages in response to receipt of a query are described. A search engine receives a query and identifies webpages that are germane to the query. The search engine ranks the identified webpages to form a ranked list, wherein a first webpage is positioned in the ranked list based upon a static score assigned to the first webpage. The static score is based upon a weight assigned to a hyperlink in a second webpage, wherein the hyperlink points to the first webpage, and further wherein the weight is based upon a value of a feature of the hyperlink, such as a location of the hyperlink on the second webpage when the second webpage is rendered. Further, the second webpage includes several hyperlinks that point to different webpages, wherein each of the several hyperlinks has a different weight assigned thereto.