Techniques to facilitate recommendations for non-member connections

摘要

Disclosed in some examples are methods, systems, and machine-readable mediums which provide a relevance engine for determining a relevance of an individual (either a non-member or another member) to another individual (either a non-member or another member). This relevance engine may use signals in the form of data that the social networking service may learn about the individuals to determine how relevant the individuals are to each other.

主权项

1. A method for providing recommended social networking connections, the method comprising:on a social networking service:
determining a set of connection candidates, using one or more computer processors, based upon information gathered about a member of the social networking service, the connection candidates in the set of connection candidates are not already members of the social networking service; for each particular connection candidate in the set of connection candidates:
determining a plurality of observed signals that indicate a likelihood that the member knows the particular connection candidate using the one or more computer processors; anddetermining a relevance score for the particular connection candidate in the set of connection candidates, using the one or more computer processors, based upon the determined plurality of observed signals; and presenting to the member the set of connection candidates ordered based upon relevance scores.