LOCAL QUERY RANKING FOR SEARCH ASSIST METHOD AND APPARATUS

摘要

One or more suggested search query completion alternatives are provided to the user and are selectable by the user in completing the user's search query. The suggested search query completion alternatives may comprise local business query completion suggestions, each of which may correspond to a local business, and general query completion suggestions, each of which may correspond to a general query. A ranking of local business query completion suggestions and general query completion suggestions may be used to identify a number of top-ranked query completion suggestions for presentation to the user. The ranking may use a popularity measure associated with each business and a frequency measure associated with each general query. A popularity associated with a local business may be weighted using a granularity weighting, which may be determined using a local query intent confidence level.