Patent ID: 8775924

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of processing web pages based on content quality, the method comprising: receiving, by one or more devices, a request for a web page; determining, by the one or more devices, the content quality of the requested web page, wherein the content quality of the requested web page is based on whether the requested web page is at least one of a parked web page, a content farm web page, or a link farm web page; providing, by the one or more devices, for display, based on the content quality of the requested web page, a graphical component providing an option to proceed to the requested web page or to proceed to at least one alternate web page relevant to the request for the web page; receiving, by the one or more devices, an indication of a selection of an option from the graphical component to proceed to the requested web page or to proceed to the at least one alternate web page; and providing, by the one or more devices, based on the received indication, the requested web page or the at least one alternate web page, wherein the determining the content quality comprises: accessing a database storing references to web pages together with respective content quality values for the web pages; locating a reference for the requested web page within the database to obtain the respective content quality value; and comparing the content quality value to a threshold value, to determine the content quality of the requested web page; if a reference for the requested web page is not within the database: determining a content quality value of the requested web page based on content provided within the requested web page; assigning, to the requested web page, the determined content quality value; comparing the determined content quality value of the requested web page to the threshold value, to determine the content quality of the requested web page; and updating the database to reference the requested web page and the determined content quality value.