Hilltop algorithm

The Hilltop algorithm ( Hilltop German " mountain peak " ) is a method ( for example, the World Wide Web ) with respect to sort a large amount of related documents according to relevance of search terms. In contrast to the PageRank algorithm ie the value of a document is not intended, but its connection to a particular search term.

History

The algorithm was developed by Krishna Bharat and George A. Mihaila at the University of Toronto. In 2003, Google acquired the patent.

Expiration

The Hilltop algorithm consists of two consecutive phases:

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