Patent ID: 8909633

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving, at a computing device, a search query from a user; generating, via the computing device, a list of web content results based on the search query; determining, via the computing device, a plurality of click counts for the list of web content results, each click count of the plurality of click counts associated with one or more contacts in a social network of the user, wherein demographic similarity and a higher click count indicate a higher relevance of a result of the search query; mapping, via the computing device, each click count to a corresponding web content result in the list of web content results; communicating the list of web content results along with the plurality of click counts, each click count of the plurality of click counts communicated with the corresponding web content result in the list of web content results, said communication comprising facilitating display of the list of web content results along with the plurality of click counts; and providing, via the computing device, a second plurality of search queries to the user, the second plurality of search queries being similar to the search query from the user, each of the second plurality of search queries having been previously entered by the one or more contacts from the social network of the user.