Generating Software Application Search Results Using Application Connections

摘要

Techniques include, for an application (app) record specifying a software app and including an app download address (ADA) for downloading the app, determining connections (e.g., links to and from other resources) associated with the app and generating a quality value indicating the quality of the app based on the connections. In some examples, the techniques further include receiving a search query from a user device and identifying the record based on the query and the quality value (e.g., using the value as a boost factor within Lucene® information retrieval software). Additionally, or alternatively, the techniques include identifying the record based on the search query, generating a result score for the record based on the quality value, and selecting the record from among other records based on the score. The techniques also include selecting the ADA from the record and transmitting the ADA to the user device as a search result.