Resolving a dead shortened uniform resource locator

摘要

A method of resolving a dead shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL) comprising, with a processor, recognizing that a shortened link is a dead link, gathering data associated with the dead link, comparing data associated with the dead link with a number of potential live links, and generating a ranked list of potential live links that have been compared with the associated data. A system for resolving a dead shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL) posted within a status update of a social networking site, comprising, a processor and a discovery module, in which the discovery module, upon selection of a shortened URL by a user of the social networking site, recognizes that the shortened URL is a dead shortened URL, gathers data associated with the status update, and redirects the user to a live URL based on the data associated with the status update.

主权项

1. A method of resolving a dead shortened Uniform Resource Locator (URL) comprising,
with a processor of a social networking server:
recognizing that a shortened link within a social media post is a dead link;gathering data associated with the dead link comprising gathering data descriptive of sources that are used to find an original link corresponding to the dead shortened link;comparing data associated with the dead link with a number of potential live links;generating a ranked list of potential live links that have been compared with the data associated with the dead link including gathering data descriptive of tags and keywords associated with the dead link; andredirecting a user to a live link based on the ranked list after a user has selected the dead link.