SYSTEM OF GENERATING SEARCH RESULTS WHICH INCORPORATES SEARCHING BY SUBDOMAIN HINTS AND PROVIDING SPONSORED RESULTS ON SUBDOMAIN-BY-SUBDOMAIN BASIS

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method and apparatus for generating search results including searching by subdomains (132) and providing sponsored results by subdomains (132).SOLUTION: A search system according to embodiments of the present invention (100) analyzes search queries (110) to determine if they are to be routed to subdomains (130) and presents on a subdomain basis the results which include sponsored hits sponsored on a subdomain.