KR20040048384A - A method of registering website information to a search engine and a method of searching a website by using the registering method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for registering web site information to a search engine and a web site search service method using the same are provided to satisfy a user wanting fast registration by registering the web site information to the search engines in real-time or short time. CONSTITUTION: A request for the web site registration is received from the user(620). The data related to the web site registration is stored(630). The stored data is periodically extracted(650). The extracted data is periodically indexed or is merged with the periodically extracted data(660). The indexed data and the periodically indexed data are merged, or the merged data is periodically indexed(670). The billing for the registration is performed according to a predetermined time interval. A keyword is inputted from a search service user. The data for the keyword is searched by referring the indexed data and the periodically extracted/indexed data. The searched data is displayed depending on a predetermined standard.

Description

A METHOD OF REGISTERING WEBSITE INFORMATION TO A SEARCH ENGINE AND A METHOD OF SEARCHING A WEBSITE BY USING THE REGISTERING METHOD}

The present invention relates to a search engine that provides information about a predetermined website on the Internet on which various kinds of information are located. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for registering information about a predetermined website with a search engine, and a method for providing a search engine user with information about a website registered using the method.

Conventional search engines such as AltaVista (http://www.altavista.com), Lycos (http://www.lycos.com), Yahoo (http://www.yahoo.com), and the like, typically have website information. A database for classifying, storing, and managing information according to predetermined criteria, a spider implemented as software for mechanically collecting new website information while continuously circulating on the web, and searching the database by collecting the collected data. It consists of search engine software that allows a user using the engine to search. A block diagram of the overall system for providing such a conventional search engine service is shown in FIG. Referring to FIG. 1, a user accesses the search engine server 150 through the Internet through the user terminal 110. When a user enters a predetermined search term, the search engine server 150 queries the search engine software 140 for website information about the search term, and the search engine software 140 queries the corresponding database 130. Search and inform the website information. As described above, the spider 120 is an entity implemented in software for mechanically collecting new website information from the web server 160 while continuously circulating on the web. The spider 120 collects data from the web server 160 existing on the network by searching for a sentence described in HyperText Markup Language (HTML) on the network, parsing the described link destination. As such, the data collected by the spider 120 is made into a database, where database is performed by performing morphological analysis on predetermined information located on a website, creating an index table, and creating a database 130. ) A series of steps to store. The database 130 is for storing all website information collected by the spider 120. Search engine software 140 functions to present search results to the user. The software searches numerous pages stored in the database 130 and lists the search results in order of accuracy matching the search terms. In FIG. 1, the search server 150 and the search engine unit 120, 130, and 140 are illustrated as separate entities, but for convenience of description, the same may be the same entity.

As described above, the existing search engines face the following problems while providing predetermined website information by collecting information using spiders.

(1) As a large number of websites are created on the web, the amount of data to be stored and managed has rapidly increased.

(2) It is difficult to evaluate which data is valuable among these rapidly increasing data.

(3) Extraction of website information through spider is limited to websites built on the basis of text such as HTML, so it is difficult to extract information on websites built on image.

In order to solve the above problems, the existing search engine receives a website registration request from a user and provides a service for registering the website with a search engine, thereby operating the search engine and operating the search engine. It is trying to harmonize the interests of users who want to maximize the effect of advertising.

Search engine service provision through such registration was paid for the first time by Yahoo in the United States in 2000, and now most search engine operators provide such a paid registration service. As the paid registration service is activated, the user's needs are continuously changing. Since the conventional paid registration service receives a user's request for registration, it takes 2 weeks and 3-5 days as soon as possible, so a user who wants to register quickly is required. There is a problem that does not meet the requirements of. Currently, the well-known foreign search engines such as Luxmart, Yahoo, Lycos, etc. also take 2-5 days as soon as the date of registration from the user's registration request to the actual search engine. This is because, in the conventional search engine, it takes 3-5 days even as soon as 2 weeks or more due to a system limitation or an operation problem in creating a new indexing file by reflecting information about a newly requested website. In addition, this not only causes a problem of failing to meet various needs of a user who wants to quickly register, but also causes a problem of not being able to provide a more diverse and differentiated registration service for each user.

The method for registering website information in a search engine according to the present invention allows the user to register website information requested for registration in a search engine in real time or within a short time, thereby meeting various user's needs for quick registration. For that purpose.

In addition, the method for registering website information in a search engine according to the present invention allows the user to register website information requested for registration at a search engine at a time interval according to a predetermined amount, thereby widening the user's choice. Not only that, but the goal is to create a new revenue model through search engines.

A method for providing a search service by registering a website with a search engine according to the present invention has as its object to quickly register website information with a search engine and provide the website information registered to a third party quickly. .

1 is a block diagram of an overall system for providing a website search engine service.

2 is a block diagram of a website search engine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a block diagram showing a process of website information registration performed in a conventional search engine.

4 is a flow chart showing the flow of a website information registration procedure performed in the conventional search engine shown in FIG.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a process of website information registration performed in a search engine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a website information registration procedure performed in a search engine according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5.

7 is a block diagram illustrating a process of registering website information performed in a search engine according to another embodiment of the present invention.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a website information registration procedure performed by a search engine according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a search service providing flow performed in a search engine according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

110: user terminal

120: spider

130: database

140: Search Engine Software

150: search server

160: web server

According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a method for registering website information in a search engine includes: receiving a website registration request from a user, storing data related to the website registration, and storing the data in a predetermined manner. Extracting the data at a time period, merging the extracted data with the extracted data at predetermined time intervals, and indexing the merged data at a predetermined time period.

In addition, the method for registering website information in a search engine according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: receiving a website registration request from a user, storing data related to the website registration, the data Extracting at a predetermined time period, and indexing the extracted data at a predetermined time period.

In addition, a method for providing a search service by registering a website with a search engine according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include receiving the website registration request from a user and storing data related to the website registration. Extracting the data at predetermined time periods, indexing the extracted data at predetermined time periods, indexing the extracted data at predetermined time intervals, receiving a predetermined search word from a search service user, and indexing the extracted data. And searching for the corresponding data for the predetermined search word by referring to the extracted data and the indexed and extracted data for each predetermined period, and displaying the searched corresponding data according to a predetermined criterion.

Hereinafter, a method for registering website information in a search engine and a website search service method using the same will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a block diagram illustrating a search engine according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a user transmits a registration request of a website and information about a website to a search engine through the terminal 210. The storage unit 220 stores information about such a website, and a professional inspector 230 such as a surfer sees the information about the stored website, checks the registration details of the website, and corrects them accordingly. And complement. The extraction unit 250 performs a function of extracting data such as registration details of the modified and supplemented websites, the indexer 240 indexes the extracted data, and the indexed data is again stored in the storage means 220. Stored in an indexing database (not shown). Data extraction performed in the search engine according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention means extracting data stored in the storage means according to a specific format used in the search engine and storing the data in the form of a text file. In addition, indexing means converting the extracted data into a format in which a search can be performed in a search engine. In general, indexing by a search engine means having the data organized so that the search can be performed by the search engine without any typical fields. However, in some cases, indexing by search engines is almost the same as indexing in a database. In the case of AltaVista, the data is indexed so that it can be searched by specifying the title, content, and URL of the web document. The index page usually consists of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), keywords, and attribute information. The URL is information necessary for accessing page data and includes information such as a protocol, a domain name, a port number, a path name, and the like. The keyword is for searching, and the attribute information may be configured to include information including an update date of the indexing page.

3 is a block diagram showing a conventional website information registration process performed by such a search engine. The website information registration process shown in FIG. 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4 together. A user sends a request for registration of his website and information related to the website (search terms, website promotional text, etc.) to a search engine. The search engine receives the user's registration request (step 410) and stores data related to the registration of the website in the storage means (step 430). A professional inspector, such as a surfer, reviews the data related to registration of the stored website according to a predetermined criterion (not exaggerated advertisement or whether there is a difference between the relevant information and the actual website) and review the information. Modify and supplement as appropriate (step 440) and store it back in the storage means. All data stored in the storage means, including the registration of the stored new website, are extracted from the storage means (step 450) every fixed period of time (typically 2-3 days), and the extracted data is again extracted for a period of time (usually 2-3 days). Indexing (step 460). The indexed data is again stored in an indexing database (not shown) in the storage means to return a predetermined search result to the user in accordance with a search engine user's search term input (query). Since the conventional method of registering website information performs data extraction and indexing every relatively long period of time, the website information to be newly registered is indexed so that the user of the search engine can actually see the information for a short time. The problem is that it takes several weeks.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a process of registering website information performed in a search engine according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. The process of registering website information according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5 is as follows.

A user sends a request for registration of his website and information related to the website (search terms, website promotional text, etc.) to a search engine. This transmission may be on a network via the user terminal, or may be by mail or over the telephone. The search engine receives this user's registration request and stores data relating to the registration of the website in a predetermined database in the storage means. Professional inspectors, such as surfers, review data related to the registration of stored websites according to predetermined criteria (not exaggeration, whether there is a difference between the relevant information and the actual website, etc.) and modify the information accordingly. Complement and store it in the storage means again. The stored data related to the registration of the new website is extracted from the storage means every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time), and the extracted data is merged with the extracted data every predetermined period (usually daily). The merged extracted data is indexed every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time). The indexed data is again stored in an indexing database (not shown) in the storage means, and entered in a search term input (query) of a search engine user. As a result, a predetermined search result can be returned to the user. In a search engine according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the merging of data refers to adding newly worked data or files to existing data or files.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a website information registration procedure performed in a search engine according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 5. Referring to FIG. 6, a registration process is started (step 610), and a user's registration request and information related to a website to be registered are received (step 620). Data relating to the received website registration is stored in the storage means (step 630) and reviewed by a professional inspector (step 640). Data related to registration of a new website stored in the storage means is extracted from the storage means at a predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time) (step 650), and the extracted data is extracted every predetermined time (usually daily). Merge with data (step 660). The merged extracted data is indexed (step 670) every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time), and the registration procedure ends (step 680).

In the method for registering the website information according to the present invention shown in Figs. 5 to 6 in the search engine, the data related to the registration of the website extracted every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time) for a predetermined period of time (usually Merging with the extracted data every day is to minimize the system load that may be caused by extracting all data including new data and existing data from the storage means. That is, it is possible to minimize the load on the system by extracting only data related to registration of a new website from the storage means, merging it with the extracted data at regular intervals, and indexing the merged data. Further, according to a preferred embodiment of the search engine registration method according to the present invention, a billing system is provided to a user who wants to register a website according to the predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time) for performing extraction and indexing. It can be implemented to be different. That is, the shorter the predetermined time period, the higher the user is charged, so that it is possible to coordinate the profit of the search engine operator with the expected profit of the user who wants to register quickly.

In addition, according to the search engine registration method illustrated in FIGS. 5 to 6, as described above, the extracted data is merged with the extracted data at a predetermined time period (usually daily), and the merged extracted data is merged for a predetermined time. It may have a configuration that indexes every period (1 hour unit or real time), or may have a configuration that indexes the extracted data and merges the indexed data with the indexed data extracted for a certain period (usually daily). The implementation is the same for both, but the difference is whether the merge is performed before or after indexing.

7 is a block diagram illustrating a process of registering website information performed in a search engine according to another embodiment of the present invention. The process of registering website information according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7 is as follows.

A user sends a request for registration of his website and information related to the website (search terms, website promotional text, etc.) to a search engine. This transmission may be on a network via the user terminal, or may be by mail or over the telephone. The search engine receives the user's registration request and stores data related to the registration of the website in the storage means. Professional inspectors, such as surfers, review data related to registration of stored websites according to predetermined criteria (such as whether there is an over-advertisement or whether there is a gap between the relevant information and the actual website) and modify the information accordingly. Complement and store it in the storage means again. The data relating to the registration of the stored new website is extracted from the storage means every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time), and is again indexed every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time). In this embodiment, apart from the newly registered website-related data, the data extracted and indexed at regular intervals (usually daily) are managed separately, which is a search according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. The search service performed by the engine will be described later in detail.

8 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a website information registration procedure performed by a search engine according to another embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7. Referring to FIG. 8, a registration process is started (step 810), and a user's registration request and information related to a website to be registered are received (step 820). Data relating to the received website registration is stored in a storage means (step 830) and reviewed by a professional inspector (step 840). Data relating to registration of a new website stored in the storage means is extracted (step 850) from the storage means every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time). The extracted data is again indexed every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time) (step 860), and the registration procedure ends (step 870).

In the method for registering website information in a search engine according to another embodiment of the present invention illustrated in FIGS. 7 to 8, new data related to website registration may be extracted from a predetermined period (usually daily). Indexing is performed separately, which may be caused when indexing all extracted data by separately indexing only the extracted data for each predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time, etc.), which is smaller than the extracted data for each predetermined period. To reduce the load on the system. In addition, according to a preferred embodiment of the search engine registration method according to the present invention, it can be implemented to change the billing system to the user who wants to register the website according to the predetermined time period for performing the extraction and indexing As described above with reference to FIGS. 5 to 6.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a search service providing flow performed in a search engine according to another exemplary embodiment of the present invention shown in FIG. 7. Referring to FIG. 9, a search service providing process according to another embodiment of the present invention is as follows.

The user transmits a registration request of his website and information related to the website (search word, website promotional text, etc.) to the search engine (step 910). This transmission may be on a network via the user terminal, or may be by mail or over the telephone. The search engine receives the user's registration request (step 920) and stores data related to the registration of the website in a storage means (step 930). A professional inspector such as a surfer prescribes data related to registration of the stored website. The information is reviewed according to the criteria of whether the advertisement is excessive, whether there is a discrepancy between the related information and the actual website, and the like is corrected and supplemented (step 940), and stored in the storage means again. The stored data related to registration of the new website is extracted from the storage means every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time) (step 950), and again indexed every predetermined time period (1 hour unit or real time) (step 960). The data related to the registration of the indexed new website is referred to when searching for a predetermined search word input from a search engine user along with the indexed data every predetermined time period (usually daily) of FIG. 3 (step 970). . For example, if the corresponding keyword of the indexed data for the newly registered website is Naver, when a user of a search engine enters Naver as a search term, the data related to registration of the indexed new website is referred to. Then, the information on the website of the keyword Naver is searched for, and the information on the website of the keyword Naver is searched by referring to the indexed data every predetermined period (usually daily). The indexed data is dualized and maintained, and a search for a predetermined query is performed by referring to both in data search.

According to one embodiment of the invention, search results for a given query may be returned to a search engine user according to the following criteria.

(1) The search results are referred to by referring to the data related to registration of the new indexed website and the indexed data is displayed with different priorities.

(2) refer both to the data relating to the registration of the new indexed website and to the indexed data at the predetermined time period (typically daily), and then retrieves the searched data by a predetermined criterion (site evaluation of reviewers and general users, click counts). Number, similarity with the search word, and whether or not the site exists.

(3) The searched result with reference to the data related to registration of the indexed new website is displayed in a separate box located on the search result screen for a certain period from the registration date.

The search results may be returned to the search engine user in one of various ways as described above, and the search results may be returned in other ways. In addition, in the case of displaying the search results by the method of (3), it is also possible to provide a differentiated service for each user by charging differently to the user who registered the website according to a certain period displayed in a separate box located on the search result screen. It is possible.

According to the method for registering the website information in the search engine according to the present invention, by allowing the user to register the website information requested to be registered in the search engine in real time or within a short time, the technical effect that can meet the needs of various users Can be obtained.

In addition, according to the method for registering the website information in the search engine according to the present invention, by selecting the website information requested by the user to be registered in the search engine at a time interval according to a predetermined amount, the width of the user's choice Not only can you extend the cost, but you also get the technical benefits of creating new revenue models through search engines.

Also. According to the method for providing a search service by registering a website in the search engine according to the present invention, the technical information that can quickly register the website information to the search engine to provide the registered website information to a third party The effect can be obtained.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, which can be variously modified and modified by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. It is obvious that modifications are possible. Accordingly, the spirit of the present invention should be understood only by the claims set forth below, and all equivalent or equivalent modifications thereof will belong to the scope of the present invention.

Claims (1)

A recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing a method of registering a website with a search engine, Receiving the website registration request from a user; Storing data related to the website registration; Extracting the data at predetermined time periods; Indexing the extracted data at predetermined time periods or merging the extracted data at predetermined time periods; Merging the indexed data with the indexed data at regular intervals or indexing the merged data at a predetermined time period; Performing charging for the registration according to the predetermined time period; Receiving a predetermined search word from a search service user; Searching for the corresponding data for the predetermined search word by referring to the indexed data and the extracted and indexed data every predetermined period; And Displaying the retrieved corresponding data according to a predetermined criterion. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing the registration method in a computer, comprising: a.