USING GEOGRAPHIC FAMILIARITY TO GENERATE SEARCH RESULTS

摘要

Aspects of the present invention customize services, including search results, that are customized based on the user's familiarity with a geographic area. The search results may be customized by including different information in a search result, emphasizing different information in a search result, adjusting a relevance rank of different search results, and such. The search results may be customized based on the understanding that a user's familiarity with a particular area may influence the type of information that can be useful to the user. Different levels of familiarity may cause different types and levels of search result customization to be performed.

主权项

1. One or more computer storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method of providing search results that are customized to a user's familiarity with an area of interest, the method comprising:
receiving a search input submitted by a user; associating an area of interest with the search input; determining for the user a familiarity level with the area of interest; and providing a plurality of area-customized search results that are customized to the familiarity level.