Identifying comments to show in connection with a document

One or more devices, comprising:

• means for identifying a comment that includes a plurality of links, each of the plurality of links pointing to a corresponding document;
• means for identifying one or more factors associated with each of the plurality of links, the one or more factors including at least one of:
• a click through rate associated with each of the plurality of links, explicit user feedback regarding each of the plurality of links, a length of an address associated with each of the plurality of links, a measure of popularity associated with the document corresponding to each of the plurality of links, or a comparison of a topic associated with the comment and a topic associated with the document corresponding to each of the plurality of links;
• means for assigning a score to each of the plurality of links based on the one or more factors;
• means for selecting one of the plurality of links based on the assigned scores;
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• means for providing information regarding the comment to a client device for presentation in connection with presentation of the document corresponding to the one of the plurality of links.

A computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by one or more devices, comprising:

• one or more instructions to identify a comment that includes a plurality of links, each of the plurality of links pointing to a corresponding document;
• one or more instructions to identify one or more factors associated with each of the plurality of links, where the one or more factors include at least one of:
• a click through rate associated with each of the plurality of links, explicit user feedback regarding each of the plurality of links, a length of an address associated with each of the plurality of links, a measure of popularity associated with the document corresponding to each of the plurality of links, or a comparison of a topic associated with the comment and a topic associated with the document corresponding to each of the plurality of links;
• one or more instructions to select one of the plurality of links based on the one or more factors;
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• one or more instructions to store information that associates the comment with the document corresponding to the one of the plurality of links.

A method performed by one or more devices, comprising:

• storing information that associates a plurality of comments with a particular document;
• identifying one or more factors associated with one of the plurality of comments, the one or more factors including at least one of:
• a link-based score associated with the one of the plurality of comments, explicit user feedback associated with the one of the plurality of comments, a language used within the one of the plurality of comments, a ranking score associated with a document from which the one of the plurality of comments originated, a ranking score associated with an author corresponding to the one of the plurality of comments, implicit user feedback associated with the one of the plurality of comments, or information regarding an age of the one of the plurality of comments;
• assigning a score to the one of the plurality of comments based on the one or more factors;
• selecting the one of the plurality of comments based on the assigned score;
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• providing information regarding the one of the plurality of comments for presentation, on a display, in connection with presentation of the particular document.