Blending Mobile Search Results

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, for blending mobile search results. A method includes receiving a search query and multiple search results. The search results each satisfy the search query and have a respective search result quality score. The search results include generic and mobile search results. The generic and mobile search results each identify a generic and mobile resource, respectively. The search result quality scores include mobile and generic search result quality scores for the mobile and generic search results, respectively. The mobile search result quality scores and the generic search result quality scores were generated according to different scoring formulas. Based on one or more terms in the search query, the search query is classified as a mobile query. As a consequence, one or more search result quality scores are modified to improve the sorting of search results that include both mobile and generic search results.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method, comprising:
 receiving a search query and a plurality of search results, wherein the search results each satisfy the search query and have a respective search result quality score, and wherein the search results comprise mobile search results and generic search results, the mobile search results each identifying a mobile resource, the generic search results each identifying a generic resource, wherein the search result quality scores comprise mobile search result quality scores for the mobile search results and generic search result quality scores for the generic search results, and wherein the mobile search result quality scores and the generic search result quality scores were generated according to different scoring formulas; and   based on one or more terms in the search query, classifying the search query as a mobile query and as a consequence modifying one or more search result quality scores to improve the sorting of search results that include both mobile search results and generic search results.