METHODS, APPARATUS, AND ARTICLES OF MANUFACTURE TO RANK WEB SITE INFLUENCE

摘要

Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to rank a web site are disclosed herein. An example method to rank the influence of a web site includes accessing a query based on a topic term, determining topic specific posts by applying the query to a first plurality of posts to a web site, comparing the topic specific posts to a list of web sites to determine a topic volume per site, determining a plurality of inbound links to the first plurality of posts, determining a number of inbound links to the posts that are relevant to the topic term by comparing the topic volume per site and the inbound links, and generating a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links to the posts that are relevant to the topic term and times between the inbound links.

主权项

1. A method to rank an influence of a web site, comprising:
determining, with a processor, a number of inbound links to a web site, the web site including posts that are associated with a topic; calculating, with the processor, elapsed times between time adjacent posts that are relevant to the topic; and determining a rank of the web site based on the number of inbound links and times between adjacent ones of the inbound links.