Patent ID: 8504613

Claim:
A method, performed by a server device, the method comprising: identifying, by the server device, a ranked set of documents that are responsive to a search query submitted by a client device; generating, by the server device, a search result document that includes links to one or more documents of the ranked set of documents; determining, by the server device, a list of domain names, from one or more of the links to the one or more documents of the ranked set of documents; determining an order for pre-resolving the list of domain names; transmitting, by the server device and to the client device, an indication that includes the list of domain names, information identifying the determined order, and an image associated with each of the one or more of the links, wherein the indication causes the client device to perform a domain name system (DNS) lookup for the list of domain names to pre-resolve the list of domain names in the determined order; and transmitting, by the server device and to the client device, the search result document, wherein the image associated with each of the one or more of the links is embedded in the search result document, and wherein the image associated with each of the one or more of the links causes the client device to request the image associated with each of the one or more of the links from one or more hosts associated with the one or more of the links.