Breaking Down Google's New Search Patent Application
Still haven’t found time to read through that pending Google patent that all the search forums are abuzz with? Never fear, others are breaking it down for you.
Google’s Patent: Information Retrieval Based on Historical Data Rand "Randfish" Fishkin
at SEOmoz nicely summarizes the five most critical concepts he finds:
On that last part, I’d say actually this patent application seems to cover many things that people have long speculated any search engine might do. And as I wrote before,
whether Google is actually doing any of this is uncertain. I have no doubt some ideas expressed are being used. Other ideas probably aren’t.
Spotted via SEO Book,
Google Patent Analysis from the Wolf-Howl blog is another good summary of key factors coming out of the application.
Over at the Search Science blog, New Google patent proves "sandbox"
exists from Xan Porter is actually his take on why the patent doesn’t seem to explain the sandbox operation some feel Google has been following.
For further resources, see the rundown on forum threads I covered in my earlier post: New Google Patent May
Give Sandbox & Inner Workings Info.
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