Vital pages for URL queries
Some queries look like URLs. We will call these queries URL Queries. Here are some types of URL queries:
• Exact, perfectly-formed, working URLs, such as [http://www.ibm.com] or [ www.ibm.com] or [ibm.com].
• Imperfect URL queries: Queries that look like URL queries, but are not "working URL" queries. These URLs do not load if you type or paste them into your browser address bar. Even so, we believe users have a specific page in mind.
Some queries, such as [yahoo] or [yahoo mail] are website names. These queries do not contain ".com" or "www" or other standard components of a URL. These are Go queries, but we will not consider them URL queries.
Assign a V rating to results for URL queries based on user intent. Assign a V rating only if there is little or no doubt that the page matches user intent.
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Query and User Intent |
LP of the Result Block, Result Block, Utility Rating |
Description of the LP |
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, English (US) This is a perfect working URL query. The user intent is clear: go to the MySpace website. |
Landing page link: LP
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Homepage of the MySpace website. |
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[www.yahoo.c0m], English (US) [yahoo.xcom], English (US) Even though these queries are imperfect URL queries, it is clear the user wants to go to the Yahoo! website. |
Landing page link: LP
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Homepage of the Yahoo! website. |
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Query and User Intent |
LP of the Result Block, Result Block, Utility Rating |
Description of the LP |
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[huffintonpost.com], English (US) This query is a working URL, but it is clearly mistyped. The clear user intent is to navigate to huffingtonpost.com. |
Landing page link: LP
This result is not Vital. It is not the result the user is looking for. |
Homepage of the huffintonpost.com website. This is spam. It is a fake search page. See Section 12.4.3 for more information about this result and about fake search pages. |
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Landing page link: LP
The clear user intent is to navigate to huffingtonpost.com. This result is Vital. |
Homepage of the Huffington Post website. | |
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[wwww.ibm.com], English (US) Even though the URL doesn't load, it is clear that the user wants to go to the IBM homepage. |
Landing page link: LP
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Homepage of the IBM website. |
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[tax form 1040 irs.gov], English (US) Even though the query contains spaces, it is clear that the user wants to go to the page on the official IRS government website for the current 1040 tax form. |
Landing page link: LP
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Page with the 1040 tax form on the official IRS website. |
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[i hire chemists.com], English (US) Even though the query contains spaces, it is clear that the user wants to go to the iHireChemists website. |
Landing page link: LP
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Homepage of the iHireChemists website. |
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