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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2007
Jim W. Delli Santi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Soren Riise, Ruislip, GB;
Devesh Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramazan Demir, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Jim W. Delli Santi, Los Altos, CA (US);
Soren Riise, Ruislip, GB;
Devesh Patel, Cupertino, CA (US);
Ramazan Demir, South Pasadena, CA (US);
Yahoo, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method are disclosed for utilizing local intent to provide geographically relevant information in response to a search query. The search query results and advertisements may be chosen based at least in part on the local intent and geographic range of the search query. The search query may be assigned a location identifier based on the local intent that is used to expand the geographic range for ranking and selecting relevant content and advertisements.