ENHANCED SEARCH FOR GENERATING A CONTENT FEED

1 . A system, comprising:

a processor configured to:

determine a plurality of interests for a user, wherein the user is associated with a user account;

search one or more web sites based on the plurality of interests associated with the user;

generate an index that includes a plurality of web documents and relationships between each of the plurality of web documents; and

generate a content feed that includes at least a subset of the plurality of web documents based on a ranking, wherein the ranking is based on the plurality of interests associated with the user; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a first interest of the plurality of interests associated with the user at least in part based on user engagement with the content feed.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the index includes one or more web documents related to one or more topics.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the index is inverted for search and retrieval of the plurality of web documents relevant to a user's query and/or a user's interest.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the index is inverted to generate an inverted index for search and retrieval of the plurality of web documents relevant to a user's query and/or a user's interest, and wherein the inverted index provides a mapping of topics to the plurality of web documents.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to include one or more web documents in the content feed based on web document similarity.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a similarity between one or more web documents associated with a first interest and one or more web documents associated with a second interest is determined in part by performing clustering.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the content feed for the user includes content from one or more web documents related to one or more of the user's interests.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the content feed is personalized based on a user signal, wherein the user signal includes a user monitored activity and/or a user feedback.

10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a topicality signal for one or more of the plurality of web documents for each of one or more entities.

11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate a plurality of signals for each of the plurality of web documents.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine a topic associated with each of the plurality of web documents based on one or more document signals.

13 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine one or more feedback statistics associated with a user engagement associated with the content feed; and

adjust an endorsement score associated with a first interest of the plurality of interests based on the one or more feedback statistics.

14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

monitor a user activity or receive a user feedback related to one or more of the plurality of web documents or to one or more of the plurality of interests.

15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a plurality of web documents based on the search; and

rank the plurality of web documents based on a document score and a user signal to generate the ranking.

16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

aggregate a plurality of web documents associated with one or more entities, wherein the web documents are retrieved from a plurality of online content sources including one or more web sites; and

determine relationships between each of the plurality of web documents, wherein the relationships include online relationships.

17 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a user query, wherein the user query corresponds to a new interest that is provided as input for a not now search for the user; and

return one or more web documents in response to the user query using the index.

18 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a user query, wherein the user query corresponds to a new interest that is provided as input for a not now search for the user; and

generate an update to the content feed that includes one or more web documents in response to the new interest using the index.

19 . A method, comprising:

determining a plurality of interests for a user, wherein the user is associated with a user account;

searching one or more websites based on the plurality of interests associated with the user;

generating an index that includes a plurality of web documents and relationships between each of the plurality of web documents; and

generating a content feed that includes at least a subset of the plurality of web documents based on a ranking, wherein the ranking is based on the plurality of interests associated with the user.

20 . A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

determining a plurality of interests for a user, wherein the user is associated with a user account;

searching one or more websites based on the plurality of interests associated with the user;

generating an index that includes a plurality of web documents and relationships between each of the plurality of web documents; and

generating a content feed that includes at least a subset of the plurality of web documents based on a ranking, wherein the ranking is based on the plurality of interests associated with the user.