Google Wars VI - Return of the PageRank
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Google recently applied for a patent which providing the combined ranking of the plurality of web pages in response to the search query. From the Google Site : 2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the combined ranking includes a ranking of web pages from a plurality of websites . 3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the combined ranking includes a ranking of a plurality of websites . 4. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the global ranking score for each responsive web page based on the onsite ranking score for the web page comprises limiting a degree of modification of the global ranking score of a first web page based on a measure of authority of the corresponding website relative to other websites. 5. The method of claim 1 , wherein modifying the global ranking score for each responsive web page based on the onsite ranking score for the web page comprises limiting a degree of modification of the global ranking score of a first web page based on a placement of th