Social Static Ranking for Search

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• receive, from a client device of a first user, an indication of the user accessing a query field at the client device;
• calculate a static rank for each of a plurality of nodes of a social graph, wherein the static rank is based at least in part on a number of edges of a particular edge type that are connected to the node or attributes of edges connected to the node and based at least in part on a value for each node, wherein the value is calculated based at least in part on one or more factors, wherein the factors comprise a number of edges of a particular edge type that are connected to the node or attributes of edges connected to the node, and wherein the value comprises a combination of sub-values, each sub-value being calculated for one of a plurality of edge types connected to the node;
• and
• send, to the client device in response to the received indication, one or more references to one or more nodes, respectively, for display to the first user, each referenced node having a static rank greater than a threshold rank.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• receive, from a client device of a first user, an indication of the user accessing a query field at the client device;
• calculate a static rank for each of a plurality of nodes of a social graph, wherein the static rank is based at least in part on a number of edges of a particular edge type that are connected to the node or attributes of edges connected to the node and based at least in part on a value for each node, wherein the value is calculated based at least in part on one or more factors, wherein the factors comprise a number of edges of a particular edge type that are connected to the node or attributes of edges connected to the node, and wherein the value comprises a combination of sub-values, each sub-value being calculated for one of a plurality of edge types connected to the node;
• and
• send, to the client device in response to the received indication, one or more references to one or more nodes, respectively, for display to the first user, each referenced node having a static rank greater than a threshold rank.