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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2019
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Stephen Lloyd Herbert, Jr., Somerville, MA (US);
Tolga Oral, Winchester, MA (US);
Michael Whitney Sorenson, Somerville, MA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for ranking search results based upon content creation trends. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for ranking search results based upon content creation trends includes first receiving a set of results from a search engine produced in response to a search engine query of one or more search terms. The method additionally includes ranking the results of the result set according to at least one ranking factor. The method yet further includes retrieving trend data for terms associated with either or both of the results and/or the search terms. Finally, the method includes weighting the ranked results in the result set according to the retrieved trend data.