Google acquired the six patents at issue when it bought Motorola Mobility. If you write a blog post, you’ve got something to say, you’re not just creating words and synonyms. One page out of millions gives Mozilla trouble with Google.
So I study patents from Google, Bing and other Information Retrieval scientists. If you have a client that is willing to share their knowledge via a blog, or guest writing somewhere, that certainly helps their SEO.
One other area of Google’s business practices under review by the FTC was Google’s use of patents. Google allegedly “reneged on its FRAND [fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory] commitments and pursued – or threatened to pursue – injunctions...
As for potential social signals that could be used for search rankings, Bill Slawski highlighted a post about Google's acquisition of some Groupivity/Appmail patents. Looking at some of the so-called 'FriendRank' patents from Google, they talk...
The] jury verdict that Android does not infringe Oracle’s patents was a victory not just for Google but the entire Android ecosystem," Google said in a statement. A U.S.federal court jury ruled that the company did not infringe on Oracle patents...
I didn't like some of the definitions of the "fair use" factors, such as what does or does not constitute "transformative" use (again, the hurdle for "fair use" is actually a higher one than what the jury instructions made it appear to be...
Alsup] adopted various proposals from both parties, but neither party will be completely satisfied with it," Mueller explained in a post on the FOSS Patents blog. The juror panel will now decide whether Google infringed on Oracle's Java patents in...
SEO by the Sea has a good rundown of Google’s patents related to combating web spam. This update shouldn’t be too shocking considering Google has been deindexing blog networks and flagging “unnatural” links.
The Envision IP blog also reviewed 700 of AOL's patents believed to be up for grabs prior to the sale. Is Microsoft planning something against Google with its new arsenal of patents? Microsoft and Google do have a history of battling over patents.
Microsoft has filed a formal complaint against Motorola with the European Commission (EC) over what it sees as a clear abuse of its industry standard patents, with Google's tacit backing. Motorola is on a path to use standard essential patents to...
According to a blog post by Bill Slawski at SEO By the Sea that references US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) filings, IBM has agreed to give Google 188 granted patents and another 29 pending patent applications.
More recently, Google was faced with threats against its webM video format based on patents from a dozen different companies. Google themselves have stated that patents interfere with innovation, and that their own bidding is designed to – in...
They don't talk about them much (other than to say that they use more than 400 ranking factors), but by looking at correlation data, reading patents and white papers, and other forms of research, it's possible to roughly work out a lot of what...
US Court Approves Google's $900M Bid for Nortel Patents - PCWorld A strong step for congressional openness and accountability - Google Public Policy Blog Web Analytics TV #18 - Google Analytics Blog Today is World Press Freedom Day 2011 - Google...
Patents Search in Google's Sidebar - Google Operating System Temporary Outage Update - Yahoo Mail Blog Twitter Introduces Text Ads - Digital Inspiration Technology Blog Easy - Yahoo Mobile Blog Google Adds Islamic Prayer Times in Search Results...
Google Self Driving Cars Get Jumpstart from IBM Patents - SEO by the Sea Official Google Blog Shepherding the wind - Official Google Blog The taxman searcheth - Official Google Blog Testing Google's Panda algorithm: CNET analysis - CNET News
Google to Get $25 Million Breakup Fee If Rival Wins Bid for Nortel Patents - Bloomberg A new way to share local product availability with your customers - Google Merchant Blog Our House testimony on combating copyright infringement - Google Public...
Patents and innovation - Official Google Blog See your location history dashboard and more with Google Maps 5.3 for Android - Google Mobile Blog comScore Reports February 2011 U.S. Leading The Industry with Tracking Code Improvements - Google...
Google Acquires Virtual Post-it Notes Patents - SEO by the Sea What Larry Page really needs to do to return Google to its startup roots - Slacy's Blog Accessing More Than 10,000 Rows of Data Using The API - Google Analytics Blog
How Google is changing the way they integrate Twitter results into search results and how Bing is evolving their inclusion of Facebook Like data in SERPs.comScore, Nielsen Battling Over Online Measurement Patents by Frank Watson
