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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2009
Ali Diab, Atherton, CA (US);
Scott A. Gatz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shyam Kapur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Ku, Fremont, CA (US);
Chuck Kung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Phu Hoang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Qi LU, San Jose, CA (US);
Lynne Pogue, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yuan Kui Shen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Norman Shi, Fremont, CA (US);
Thai Tran, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eckart Walther, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeff Weiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ali Diab, Atherton, CA (US);
Scott A. Gatz, San Francisco, CA (US);
Shyam Kapur, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
David Ku, Fremont, CA (US);
Chuck Kung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Phu Hoang, San Francisco, CA (US);
Qi Lu, San Jose, CA (US);
Lynne Pogue, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Yuan Kui Shen, Cupertino, CA (US);
Norman Shi, Fremont, CA (US);
Thai Tran, Redwood City, CA (US);
Eckart Walther, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Jeff Weiner, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomain and providing sponsored results by subdomain is provided. A search system according to embodiments of the present invention analyzes search queries to determine if they are to be routed to subdomains and presents results include sponsored hits sponsored on a subdomain by subdomain basis.