1. A method for identifying one or more items of video content responsive to a given query in a computerized system, the method comprising: electronically receiving a query comprising one or more terms from a given user; electronically identifying one or more alternative queries related to the received query, wherein the one or more alternative queries are generated using a query-candidate pair model based upon logs of user web accesses, wherein a web access comprises a web search, user identifier, and timestamp; electronically identifying one or more items of video content responsive to the received query and to the one or more alternative queries; electronically generating a result set comprising one or more links to the one or more items of video content responsive to the received query; electronically identifying the one or more links in the result set associated with items of premium video content; electronically filtering the one or more links in the result set associated with items of premium video content on the basis of information associated with the user from which the query was received that is maintained in a user profile, wherein the filtering includes placing a link associated with one of the items of premium video content in a paid position in the result set based on metadata associated therewith, the metadata indicating a position paid for by the content provider, the position in the result set based on the one or more terms in the query received from the given user; and electronically identifying one or more given items of premium video content the user is unable to access associated with the one or more links identified in the result set, the one or more given items of premium video content are identified along with the one or more links in the result set.
1. A method for identifying one or more items of video content responsive to a given query in a computerized system, the method comprising: electronically receiving a query comprising one or more terms from a given user; electronically identifying one or more alternative queries related to the received query, wherein the one or more alternative queries are generated using a query-candidate pair model based upon logs of user web accesses, wherein a web access comprises a web search, user identifier, and timestamp; electronically identifying one or more items of video content responsive to the received query and to the one or more alternative queries; electronically generating a result set comprising one or more links to the one or more items of video content responsive to the received query; electronically identifying the one or more links in the result set associated with items of premium video content; electronically filtering the one or more links in the result set associated with items of premium video content on the basis of information associated with the user from which the query was received that is maintained in a user profile, wherein the filtering includes placing a link associated with one of the items of premium video content in a paid position in the result set based on metadata associated therewith, the metadata indicating a position paid for by the content provider, the position in the result set based on the one or more terms in the query received from the given user; and electronically identifying one or more given items of premium video content the user is unable to access associated with the one or more links identified in the result set, the one or more given items of premium video content are identified along with the one or more links in the result set. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein identifying one or more items of video content responsive to the received query comprises identifying one or more items of video content associated with one or more items of metadata that match or are similar to the one or more terms comprising the query.