Apparatus for webpage scoring

1. A computer-implemented method for evaluating a page in a website, comprising:

remotely obtaining a link structure of the website across a computing network;

identifying a page set, the page set being a set of pages linked to a specific page in the website;

calculating a degree of dispersion of the page set in the link structure;

evaluating the specific page using the degree of dispersion to generate a score for the specific page, the score indicating a relative importance of the specific page, wherein a higher score is generated for a page corresponding to nodes with a comparatively higher total distance of paths between linked pages; and

displaying customized search results based on the generated score.

2. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the specific page of which the degree of dispersion is determined to be higher than a second page is evaluated more highly than the second page.

3. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the link structure of the website is a directed acyclic graph (DAG).

4. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining a distance in the link structure between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set.

5. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining a number of edges in a path between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set via another node in the link structure.

6. The computer-implemented method according to claim 1 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining an average of distance between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set via a lowest common ancestor of the pair of nodes.

7. An evaluating apparatus for evaluating a page in a website, comprising:

an obtaining unit configured to remotely obtain a link structure of the website across a computing network;

an identifying unit configured to identify a page set, the page set being a set of pages linked to a specific page in the website;

a calculating unit configured to calculate a degree of dispersion of the page set in the link structure;

an evaluating unit configured to evaluate the specific page using the degree of dispersion to generate a score for the specific page, the score indicating a relative importance of the specific page, wherein a higher score is generated for a page corresponding to nodes with a comparatively higher total distance of paths between linked pages; and

displaying customized search results based on the generated score.

8. The evaluating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the specific page of which the degree of dispersion is determined to be higher than a second page is evaluated more highly than the second page.

9. The evaluating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the link structure of the website is a directed acyclic graph (DAG).

10. The evaluating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining a distance in the link structure between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set.

11. The evaluating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining a number of edges in a path between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set via another node in the link structure.

12. The evaluating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining an average of distance between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set via a lowest common ancestor of the pair of nodes.

13. A computer program product for evaluating a page in a website, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to:

remotely obtain a link structure of the website across a computing network;

identify a page set, the page set being a set of pages linked to a specific page in the website;

calculate a degree of dispersion of the page set in the link structure;

evaluate the specific page using the degree of dispersion to generate a score for the specific page, the score indicating a relative importance of the specific page, wherein a higher score is generated for a page corresponding to nodes with a comparatively higher total distance of paths between linked pages; and

displaying customized search results based on the generated score.

14. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the specific page of which the degree of dispersion is determined to be higher than a second page is evaluated more highly than the second page.

15. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the link structure of the website is a directed acyclic graph (DAG).

16. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining a distance in the link structure between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set.

17. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining a number of edges in a path between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set via another node in the link structure.

18. The computer program product according to claim 13 , wherein the degree of dispersion is calculated by determining an average of distance between a pair of nodes corresponding to pages in the page set via a lowest common ancestor of the pair of nodes.