METHOD FOR RANKING COMPANIES PROVIDING GOODS AND SERVICES IN A MARKETPLACE, AND USES OF THE METHOD IN AN ONLINE SEARCHABLE DATABASE OF SUCH COMPANIES

摘要

In a method for ranking companies providing goods and services in a marketplace, sources of information about the companies are identified and parametrisized according to the information given in the sources. For all parameters, scores are determined for each company and the aggregated scores of a company are applied for computing a rank value of the company.;Uses in online searchable databases or web services open to end users searching company information.