Patent ID: 8862598

Claim:
A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving an indication of a search query from a first user; determining a search result for the search query, wherein the search result is associated with an online forum; determining that one or more users of the online forum comprise one or more social contacts of the first user in a social networking service, wherein the online forum is separate from the social networking service, and wherein determining that the one or more users of the online forum comprise the one or more social contacts of the first user comprises: receiving, from a computing device associated with the at least one of the one or more social contacts, an indication that the at least one of the one or more social contacts is a member of the online forum, and storing the indication that the at least one of the one or more social contacts is the member of the online forum in a data repository of the social networking service; changing a ranking of the search result based on the users of the online forum comprising the one or more social contacts; providing information associated with the search result for display within a search results page, wherein the information associated with the search result indicates at least one of the one or more social contacts and comprises an interface for participating in the online forum.