1. A method of improving link scores in a secure search system, comprising: receiving a query from a user of the secure search system; running the query against a plurality of secure data sources and obtaining search results for the query; populating a table with the search results, the populating excluding search results mapped to same host links; and calculating a link score for each search result and sorting the scored search results in the populated table by link score; and returning the sorted search results to the user in response to the query.