Ranking documents through contextual shortcuts

A method, comprising:

• retrieving a first set of electronic documents;
• updating an index based at least in part on said first set of electronic documents;
• collecting data regarding user interaction with contextual shortcuts in a second set of electronic documents, wherein said contextual shortcuts comprise a keyword anchor associated with a context vector representing at least a portion of content of a given electronic document;
• and
• transmitting a search result to a user via a search interface based at least in part on said collected data regarding user interaction with one or more contextual shortcuts and on said index.

An article comprising:

• a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon which, if executed direct a computing platform to:
• collect data regarding user interaction with one or more contextual shortcuts;
• receive a query from a user based at least in part on an activation of a given contextual shortcut;
• and
• transmit a search result to said user via a contextual search interface based at least in part on said collected data regarding user interaction with one or more contextual shortcuts.

An apparatus comprising:

• a computing platform, said computing platform being adapted to:
• retrieve a first set of electronic documents;
• update an index based at least in part on said first set of electronic documents;
• collect data regarding user interaction with contextual shortcuts in a second set of electronic documents, wherein said contextual shortcuts comprise a keyword anchor associated with a context vector representing at least a portion of content of a given electronic document;
• and
• transmit a search result to a user via a search interface based at least in part on said collected data regarding user interaction with one or more contextual shortcuts and on said index.