COMPENSATING FOR BIAS IN SEARCH RESULTS

摘要

Biases in search and retrieval (i.e., situations where searchers seek or are presented with information that significantly deviates from the truth) may be detected by comparison to one or more authoritative sources. Once bias or potential bias is detected, techniques may be applied to indicate and/or compensate for the bias. Such techniques may allow users to more easily assess the veracity of search results, and increase the chances that users will locate accurate answers to their questions.

主权项

1. A search engine computing device comprising:
one or more communication connections; one or more processors; and memory communicatively coupled to the one or more communication connections and the one or more processors, the memory storing a ranking algorithm and instructions that, when executed, configure the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving a search query from a client device via the one or more communication connections;obtaining search results responsive to the search query based at least in part on the ranking algorithm, the search results including multiple entries;detecting potential bias in at least one entry of the multiple entries based at least in part on an authoritativeness of a caption of the at least one entry;modifying the search results to generate modified search results that at least partially compensate for the potential bias in the at least one entry; andoutputting the modified search results via the one or more communication connections for presentation at the client device.