Patent ID: 8606777

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of ordering a search result, comprising: performing a search of network-accessible documents using a search query provided by a first user; obtaining a search result, responsive to the performing, the search result comprising an ordered sequence of identifications of a plurality of the network-accessible documents that match the search query; determining a social reputation score of the first user; automatically re-ranking the search result prior to displaying the search result to the first user, based on the determined social reputation score of the first user, comprising: for each of the plurality of network-accessible documents that match the search query, retrieving previously-stored reputation score information associated therewith, the associated reputation score information of the each document created from a social reputation score of at least one accessing user who previously accessed the each document, each of the at least one accessing user being distinct from the first user; and changing an order of at least one of the identified plurality of network-accessible documents within the ordered sequence, such that ones of the plurality of network-accessible documents for which the associated reputation score information most closely matches the social reputation score of the first user are prioritized in the changed order; and rendering, for the first user, the search result as re-ranked.