SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR GENERATING DIVERSIFIED VERTICAL SEARCH LISTINGS

摘要

A method of generating a diversified vertical search results listing, including listing attribute values related to search criteria and their frequency of occurrence to create a plurality of listings; creating a plurality of interval bands based on the plurality of listings; generating a random diversity score for each listing over a substantially uniform distribution within each of the plurality of bands; and sorting a set of search results for diversified listing in response to a user searching for the search criteria according to the diversity score of each listing.