Content analysis simulator for improving site findability in information retrieval systems

A system for improving findability of a web-site's content , the system comprising:

• a server device for receiving a document set representing said web-site's page(s);
• a simulator device operable for receiving said document set and for analyzing each web- page of said document set to determine one or more important terms associated with said web- site;
• a search engine for implementing,for each important term found for said web-site, a search query using said term and retrieving the returned results of web-pages having said term, said search engine further identifying, based on the query results, a ranking of each web-page of said web-site in a list of the returned results;
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• said simulator device generating an interface to provide at least one recommendation directed to improving said web-site based upon said results ranking;
• wherein said at least one recommendation is based on a ranking, of at least one web-page in a domain not belonging to said web-site, that is ranked higher than all of said web-site's web page(s) for at least one important term;
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• wherein said at least one recommendation is directed to improving said findability of said web-site's content.

A computer-implemented method for improving findability of a web-site's content, the method comprising:

• receiving, at a simulator, a document set representing a web-site's page(s);
• analyzing, by said simulator, each web-page of said document set to determine one or more important terms associated with said web-site;
• searching, via a search engine, for other web pages by using web-site's one or more important terms and, retrieving the returned results of other web pages having said one or more important term, said search engine further identifying, based on the query results, the rank of each web-page of said web-site in a list of the returned results;
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• automatically generating an interface to provide at least one recommendation for a user to improve said web-site based upon said results ranking;
• wherein said at least one recommendation is based on a ranking, of at least one web-page in a domain not belonging to said web-site, that is ranked higher than all of said web-site's web page(s) for at least one important term;
• and
• wherein said at least one recommendation is directed to improving said findability of said web-site's content.

A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for improving findability of a web-site's content, said method steps including the steps of:

• receiving, at a simulator, a document set representing said web-site's page(s);
• analyzing, by said simulator, each web-page of said document set to determine one or more important terms associated with said web-site;
• searching, via a search engine, for other web pages by using the site's one or more important terms and retrieving the returned results of said other web pages having said one or more important terms, said search engine further identifying, based on the query results, the rank of each web-page of said web-site in a list of the returned results;
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• automatically generating an interface to provide at least one recommendation for a user to improve said web-site based upon said results ranking;
• wherein said at least one recommendation is based on a ranking, of at least one web-page in a domain not belonging to said web-site, that is ranked higher than all of said web-site's web page(s) for at least one important term;
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• wherein said at least one recommendation is directed to improving said findability of said web-site's content.

A method of deploying a computer program product for improving findability of a web-site's content, wherein, when executed, the computer program performs the steps of:

• receiving, at a simulator, a document set representing said web-site's page(s);
• analyzing, by said simulator, each web-page of said document set to determine one or more important terms associated with said web-site;
• searching, via a search engine, for other web pages by using said web-site's one or more important terms and, retrieving the returned results of said other web pages having said one or more important terms, said search engine further identifying, based on the query results, the rank of each web-page of said web-site in a list of the returned results;
• and
• automatically generating an interface to provide at least one recommendation for a user to improve said web-site based upon said results ranking;
• wherein said at least one recommendation is based on a ranking, of at least one web-page in a domain not belonging to said web-site, that is ranked higher than all of said web-site's web page(s) for at least one important term;
• and
• wherein said at least one recommendation is directed to improving said findability of said web-site's content.