Device attribute-customized metadata for browser users

摘要

An embodiment of the disclosed system provides the user of a computing device with information concerning the expected usefulness of an item, such as a hyperlink, within a network resource, such as a search result webpage, with the expected usefulness information based at least in part on an attribute of the user's computing device. For example, the system may provide the user with information identifying a particular website as poorly suited for the user's device, based on data that the system collected identifying an aggregate bounce-back rate from computing devices with a similar attribute to the user's computing device.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
monitoring user interactions of a plurality of users of a plurality of computing device categories with a browsable network resource; storing, in association with each of the plurality of device categories, behavioral data reflective of the monitored interactions of the users of the corresponding device category; generating a measure of the usefulness of the network resource to users of a first device category of the plurality of device categories, said measure being specific to the first device category and being based on the stored behavioral data corresponding to the first device category, said measure of usefulness reflecting a predicted degree of suitability of the network resource for viewing on computing devices falling in the first device category; and providing an indication of said measure of usefulness to a user of a computing device of the first device category in association with a link to the network resource, to thereby assist the user in determining whether to access the network resource using said computing device.