Baker Botts L.L.P.
Suggested keywords for searching content on online social networks
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an unstructured text query to search for posts of the online social network. The method includes parsing the text query to identify one or more n-grams. The method includes searching an index of keyword phrases associated with the first user to identify one or more keyword phrases matching one or more of the n-grams of the text query. The index of keyword phrases is based on posts by one or more second users of the online social network. The method includes calculating a keyword score for each of the identified keyword phrases. The method includes generating one or more suggested queries. Each suggested query includes one or more n-grams identified from the text query and one or more identified keyword phrases. The method includes sending one or more of the suggested queries to search for posts of the online social network.
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