System and method for improving access to search results

摘要

Aspects of the disclosure provide a system 100 and method 300 for prerendering of search result pages. A search engine may process search queries received from a client. The search engine may determine one or more search results in response to the search query 302. One or more of the search results may be associated with prerender instructions 900, such that when the search results are received by the client, the client prerenders the search results associated with the prerender instructions 400. Prerender instructions may be associated with the search results in various manners, including ranking the search results based on relevance 700, or ranking the search results based on the likelihood of selection 800. Metrics and analytical data may be collected from the client to improve the search result prerendering process 1000.