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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2009
Xianping GE, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abhishek Parmar, San Jose, CA (US);
Amit Singhal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adam Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel Egnor, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth Hamon, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Xianping Ge, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abhishek Parmar, San Jose, CA (US);
Amit Singhal, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Adam Smith, Mountain View, CA (US);
Daniel Egnor, New York, NY (US);
Elizabeth Hamon, Mamaroneck, NY (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods improve search rankings for a search query by using location data associated with queries and documents related to the search query. In one aspect, a search query is received, a location score is determined, a topical score is determined, and an ordering of documents related to the search query is determined based, at least in part, on the location score and the topical score.