Patent ID: 8909760
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for scoring a domain, comprising: receiving requests to resolve the domain at a domain resolution server, wherein each request to resolve the domain comprises one of a plurality of domain name strings that map to the domain; determining that one or more of the domain name strings correspond to a first domain name string format of a plurality of domain name string formats, wherein the first domain name string format comprises domain strings that include a “www” string; maintaining separate counters for each of the plurality of domain name string formats; automatically incrementing a first counter for each of the one or more of the domain names strings that corresponds to the first domain name string format, wherein the first counter counts a number of received requests to resolve the domain that include the first domain name string format; obtaining information from a web page associated with the domain; and automatically calculating a score for the domain by a computer processor based upon the first counter and the information from the web page associated with the domain.