REPUTATION BASED SEARCH

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method of providing relevant search information which is not easily broken by an issuer's page operation. SOLUTION: The method of providing relevant search information includes a step of receiving a search term. The method also includes steps of: locating a first search result that matches the search term, the first search result being associated with a first measure of reputation; locating a second search result that matches the search term, the second search result being associated with a second measure of reputation; and preferentially presenting the first and the second search results based on the first and the second measures of reputation. COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT