Patent Document ID: 8112426
Application ID: 11562285

Base Claim:
1. A method performed by one or more server devices, the method comprising: determining, by one or more processors associated with the one or more server devices, an update frequency that is based on how often content of a document is updated in a time period; determining, by one or more processors associated with the one or more server devices, an update amount that is based on a ratio of a quantity of new or unique pages associated with the document over a period of time versus a total quantity of pages associated with the document; generating, by one or more processors associated with the one or more server devices, a score for the document based on the determined update frequency and the determined update amount; and ranking, by one or more processors associated with the one or more server devices, the document with regard to at least one other document based, at least in part, on the score.

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Claim 12:
12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: determining whether the content of the document changes such that the content differs from anchor text associated with a link that points to the document; and where generating the score for the document includes: scoring the document based on whether the content of the document changes such that the content differs from the anchor text.