APPLICATION CONTENT SEARCH MANAGEMENT
A search service accesses application content accessible via one or more enumerated applications. The search service ranks the accessed application content in combination with non-application content to produce a combined ranking. Responsive to a search query, the search service provides one or more search results based on the combined ranking.
1 . A method comprising:
accessing application content accessible via one or more enumerated applications, the accessed application content being associated with an application identifier of at least one of the enumerated applications;
ranking the accessed application content in combination with non-application content to produce a combined ranking; and
providing one or more search results responsive to a search query based on the combined ranking.
2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the ranking operation comprises:
ranking the accessed application content in combination with the non-application content by mapping the content to an entity, the mapping influencing the relative ranking of the application content and the non-application content.
3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with structure based on a mapping of elements of at least one individual Web page.
4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with structure based on a markup providing indexing information for at least one individual Web page.
5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with mapping rules that map Web content to application content.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving application content via a feed from an application content provider.
7 . The method of claim 1 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving application content via an application program interface provided by an application content provider.
8 . One or more tangible computer-readable storage media encoding computer-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:
accessing application content accessible via one or more enumerated applications;
ranking the accessed application content in combination with non-application content to produce a combined ranking; and
providing one or more search results responsive to a search query based on the combined ranking.
9 . The one or more tangible computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the ranking operation comprises:
ranking the accessed application content in combination with Web content using separate indexes for the application content and the non-application content to produce a combined ranking.
10 . The one or more tangible computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with structure based on a mapping of elements of at least one individual Web page.
11 . The one or more tangible computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with structure based on a markup providing indexing information for at least one individual Web page.
12 . The one or more tangible computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with mapping rules that map Web content to indexed application content.
13 . The one or more tangible computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving application content via a feed from an application content provider.
14 . The one or more tangible computer-readable storage media of claim 8 wherein the accessing operation comprises:
receiving application content via an application program interface provided by an application content provider.
15 . A system comprising:
a search service executing on one or more computing systems that accesses application content accessible via one or more enumerated applications, ranking the accessed application content in combination with non-application content to produce a combined ranking, and provides one or more search results responsive to a search query based on the combined ranking.
16 . The system of claim 15 wherein the search service accesses application content by receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with structure based on a mapping of elements of at least one individual Web page.
17 . The system of claim 15 wherein the search service accesses application content by receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with structure based on a markup providing indexing information for at least one individual Web page.
18 . The system of claim 15 wherein the search service accesses application content by receiving the application content obtained via a Web crawler, the application content being associated with mapping rules that map Web content to indexed application content.
19 . The system of claim 15 wherein the search service accesses application content by receiving application content via a feed from an application content provider.
20 . The system of claim 15 wherein the search service accesses application content by receiving application content via an application program interface provided by an application content provider.