EXPERT SIGNAL RANKING SYSTEM

摘要

In an example, disclosed is a method of ranking and re-ranking a social networking service member's expertise and skills by collecting, analyzing and presenting signals from a member data set.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
retrieving from non-volatile storage a plurality of member profiles created by a plurality of members of a social networking service; executing, on one or more computer processors, a text classification algorithm to determine which of the plurality of members possesses a signal that matches any of a plurality of provided signals and associated signal attributes; and for at least one signal of the plurality of provided signals, identifying the plurality of members that possess the signal and ranking the plurality of members relative to one another using a ranking algorithm, the ranking algorithm being based in part upon weighted interactions among the plurality of members that possess the given signal, the weighted interactions comprising endorsements between a first member who possesses the given signal and, either a second member who possesses the given signal or a social networking service that suggests the given signal.