Method of promoting strategic documents by bias ranking of search results

摘要: A method, software and apparatus are provided which enable promotion of products services in a deterministic manner free conflicting actions modifying raw ranking data based on merchants interests. For this purpose, an information consolidator is to obtain search results for plurality sources including directly from merchants. When shopper enters set key words entry field on-screen form web server list items (products and/or services) interest the shopper, documents describing can be prioritized by source sites owner's priorities. The receives taking highest ranked obtains product most highly products. then reranks using preferred algorithm remove biases add weighting factors such as those covered copending applications merchant. combined with mentioned mechanisms increase probability that certain come top when presented shopper. These pages could used promote or otherwise direct selection shoppers. configured so not decrease shoppers confidence process.