Selective Presentation Of Content Types And Sources In Search

A computing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• one or more non-transitory computer readable media that collectively store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
• receiving a search query;
• receiving an identifier associated with a user that submitted the search query;
• determining a plurality of social search results based on a social graph associated with the user and the search query, wherein the plurality of social search results comprise one or more user-generated content items generated by one or more members of the social graph;
• determining, using a search engine, a plurality of publicly available search results based on the search query, wherein the plurality of publicly available search results comprise one or more publicly available content items;
• determining a plurality of search results to present based on the plurality of social search results and the plurality of publicly available search results;
• and
• providing the plurality of search results to the user, wherein the plurality of search results comprise the one or more publicly available content items and the one or more user-generated content items associated with the social graph.

A computer-implemented method, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a computing system comprising one or more processors, a search query;
• receiving, by the computing system, an identifier associated with a user that submitted the search query;
• determining, by the computing system, a plurality of social search results based on a social graph associated with the user and the search query, wherein the plurality of social search results comprise one or more user-generated content items generated by one or more members of the social graph;
• determining, by the computing system and using a search engine, a plurality of publicly available search results based on the search query, wherein the plurality of publicly available search results comprise one or more publicly available content items;
• determining, by the computing system, a plurality of search results to present based on the plurality of social search results and the plurality of publicly available search results;
• and
• providing, by the computing system, the plurality of search results to the user, wherein the plurality of search results comprise the one or more publicly available content items and the one or more user-generated content items associated with the social graph.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media that collectively store instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices comprising one or more processors, cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations, the operations comprising:

• receiving a search query;
• receiving an identifier associated with a user that submitted the search query;
• determining a plurality of social search results based on a social graph associated with the user and the search query, wherein the plurality of social search results comprise one or more user-generated content items generated by one or more members of the social graph;
• determining, using a search engine, a plurality of publicly available search results based on the search query, wherein the plurality of publicly available search results comprise one or more publicly available content items;
• determining a plurality of search results to present based on the plurality of social search results and the plurality of publicly available search results;
• and
• providing the plurality of search results to the user, wherein the plurality of search results comprise the one or more publicly available content items and the one or more user-generated content items associated with the social graph.