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, a query corresponding to a first node type of a plurality of node types;
• search one or more search indices to identify one or more nodes of a social graph matching the query, wherein the search indices maintain an index of a plurality of nodes of the first node type, each node of the plurality of nodes having a static rank which is based at least in part on a pre-calculated value for each node, wherein the value is calculated based on one or more sub-values corresponding to one or more factors, respectively, 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
• send, to the client device of the first user for display, a search-results interface responsive to the received query, the search-results interface comprising reference to one or more nodes each corresponding to the first node type and 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, a query corresponding to a first node type of a plurality of node types;
• search one or more search indices to identify one or more nodes of a social graph matching the query, wherein the search indices maintain an index of a plurality of nodes of the first node type, each node of the plurality of nodes having a static rank which is based at least in part on a pre-calculated value for each node, wherein the value is calculated based on one or more sub-values corresponding to one or more factors, respectively, 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
• send, to the client device of the first user for display, a search-results interface responsive to the received query, the search-results interface comprising reference to one or more nodes each corresponding to the first node type and having a static rank greater than a threshold rank.