Blending by query classification on online social networks

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

• access a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising:
• a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network;
• and
• a plurality of second nodes corresponding to a plurality of objects associated with the online social network, respectively, each object being of a particular object-type, each second node being of a node-type corresponding to the object-type of the respective corresponding object;
• receive from a client system of the first user a search query;
• identify one or more second nodes that match the search query;
• determine one or more search intents of the search query, the determined search intents being based on one or more topics associated with the identified second nodes and a ratio of one or more node-types of the identified second nodes that match the search query, wherein the determined search intent indicates a query type of the search query;
• generate one or more search-result modules corresponding to the search query, the search-result modules being generated based on the one or more topics and one or more node-types associated with the determined search intents of the search query, each search-result module being associated with a particular object-type and comprising one or more search results, each search result comprising a reference to one of the identified second nodes having a node-type corresponding to the particular object-type of the respective search-result module;
• and
• send, responsive to receiving the search query, a blended search-results page to the client system of the first user for display, the blended search-results page comprising a threshold number of the generated search-result modules, the search-result modules being presented in a blended order, the ordering of each search-result module being based on the determined search intents of the search query and a distribution of the one or more topics and one or more node-types of the determined search intents with respect to the particular object-type associated with the search-result module.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors operable when executing the instructions to:
• access a social graph comprising a plurality of nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes, the nodes comprising:
• a first node corresponding to a first user associated with an online social network;
• and
• a plurality of second nodes corresponding to a plurality of objects associated with the online social network, respectively, each object being of a particular object-type, each second node being of a node-type corresponding to the object-type of the respective corresponding object;
• receive from a client system of the first user a search query;
• identify one or more second nodes that match the search query;
• determine one or more search intents of the search query, the determined search intents being based on one or more topics associated with the identified second nodes and a ratio of one or more node-types of the identified second nodes that match the search query, wherein the determined search intent indicates a query type of the search query;
• generate one or more search-result modules corresponding to the search query, the search-result modules being generated based on the one or more topics and one or more node-types associated with the determined search intents of the search query, each search-result module being associated with a particular object-type and comprising one or more search results, each search result comprising a reference to one of the identified second nodes having a node-type corresponding to the particular object-type of the respective search-result module;
• and
• send, responsive to receiving the search query, a blended search-results page to the client system of the first user for display, the blended search-results page comprising a threshold number of the generated search-result modules, the search-result modules being presented in a blended order, the ordering of each search-result module being based on the determined search intents of the search query and a distribution of the one or more topics and one or more node-types of the determined search intents with respect to the particular object-type associated with the search-result module.