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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2012
Kevin N. Magill, Durham, NC (US);
Michael S. O'leary, Cary, NC (US);
Mary K. Rees, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael S. Thomason, Raleigh, NC (US);
Kevin N. Magill, Durham, NC (US);
Michael S. O'Leary, Cary, NC (US);
Mary K. Rees, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael S. Thomason, Raleigh, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method, a system and a computer program product for influencing ranking of URLs in a search engine. In an example embodiment, a computer determines that a posting of a URL has occurred in a social networking environment, the computer tracks accesses of the URL subsequent to the posting of the URL. The computer further determines whether a number of accesses of the URL has increased subsequent to the posting of the URL and, responsive to determining that the number of accesses of the URL has increased subsequent to the posting of the URL, the computer determines whether the number of accesses of the URL has increased by at least a predefined threshold. Further, responsive to determining that the number of accesses of the URL has increased by at least the predefined threshold, the computer increases the ranking of the URL in a search engine.