stored in the visit table based on the information received at the time of the image object request in addition the rank computation process selects all matching rows for each topic id and geography id from the content popularity table the rows are then sorted in descending u201c count u201d order for each sorted row the rank computation process then assigns an increasing rank order starting with u201c 1 u201d and stores the rank in a row of the content rank table with the rank content id topic id and geography id in an embodiment of the present invention the ranking system sever computes a rank for each web resource that participates in the ranking system a rank is an ordinal number starting from 1 onwards the lower the number the greater the popularity of the content entity to which that rank is assigned the computation of rank for a content entity is based on the number of unique visits the content has received in a given time period the ranking system server may compute rank of a content entity within various restricted scopes scope restrictions may be based on the geography of the user the topic category of the content the time period during which visits are counted or other scope restrictions such as affiliation of the visiting user to a specific group or organization some of these scope parameters for example are specific to the visiting user e g the geography of the user the affiliation of the user or the content entity e g the topic category of the content entity other parameters may be independent e g the time period of the visit according to an embodiment of the present invention a rank computation within various restricted.