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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2012
Fritz Schneider, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dylan Parker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Buchheit, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nikhil Bhatla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fritz Schneider, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dylan Parker, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Paul Buchheit, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nikhil Bhatla, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing search results includes identifying a plurality of websites relevant to a search query, generating an ordered set of search results, and sending the search results to a client device. Each respective search result includes a link to a respective website, the link including a reference to a recording function that is distinct from a function of the link to send a request to the respective website, and position information identifying a position of the respective search result in the ordered set of search results. In some implementations, the search results also include the recording function. The recording function, when executed at the client device, sends data, including the position information and website location information associated with the link in a respective search result of the ordered set of search results, to a server that is distinct from the website.