Microsoft beats Google in patent ruling over Xbox technology – the InquirerMicrosoft has won a $1.8 million ruling in the first of two patent lawsuits against Google's Motorola Mobility over the use of its technology in the Xbox console.
SEO by the SeaGoogle has been granted a new patent, "Determining relevance scores for locations. Google Wants To Operate .Search As A “Dotless” Domain, Plans To Open .Cloud, .Blog And .App To Others – TechCrunchGoogle plan for http://search/: to...
A 2004 patent application by Google suggested they planned on assigning greater relevance to links in such positions and I wrote a little more about personalized PageRank in “Is Google Afraid of the Big Bad Wolfram?
This notion is the subject of a Google patent on the concept of the Reasonable Surfer. The patent talks about the likelihood of a link getting clicked based on its placement on the page. In this case, the best way to determine the approximate value...
Note: there have been some updates to the original PageRank patent, which Bill Slawski covers in detail here. You can rank well without them of course (think breaking news stories or blog posts that get loads of attention on the first few days...
Those 300 additional patents and patent applications will be non-exclusive to Microsoft, however. The agreement with Microsoft represents the culmination of a robust auction process for our patent portfolio,” said Tim Armstrong, AOL’s Chairman and...
From patent analysis to viewing "what may be", Bill Slawski does a bang-up job of summarizing the areas many of us get glassy-eyed thinking about. FREE – Twitter Feed: Used right, this service allows you to automate things like Tweeting and...
Dave Heiner, Microsoft's deputy general counsel for its antitrust group, outlined Microsoft’s concerns with Motorola's stance on industry standard patent use in a detailed blog post. Microsoft's patent royalty to this group on that $1,000 laptop?
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.
Described as “an inside peek at how Google groups keywords by concept,” the initial Google Sets patent filing from April 2003 was the brainchild of two rockstar engineers from the early days at Google.
Google Acquires Swimming Goggle Patent - SEO by the Sea Bing Angry Birds Twitter Giveaway - Bing Search Blog A new way to share local product availability with your customers - Google Merchant Blog Our House testimony on combating copyright...
Google's Page Segmentation Patent Granted - SEO by the Sea Google Patent Shows Its Mobile-Payment Ambitions, but Raises Privacy Flags - BNET The two leading online measurement companies are in court fighting over patent infringements.
New Facebook Patent: the Huge Implications of Curated Search - BNET The First PageRank Patent and the Newest - SEO by the Sea Bing Feature Update: Discover city attractions before you go - Bing Search Blog
After Amazon, Masterobjects Takes Google To Court Over Instant Search Patent - TechCrunch Search Trends: Spring Break Fun - Yahoo Search Blog SES New York in 2011 - 5 Great Reasons to Get Search Smart in the Big Apple - TopRank Online Marketing Blog
Google, Microsoft join hands on patent - Times of India Tips and Trends for SMB on Social Media, PPC, SEO and the Search Alliance from SES London - adCenter Blog Yahoo Search BOSS Technical Documentation Released - Yahoo Search Blog
A change has been suspected for awhile as earlier this year, Richard Zwicky, writing for SearchEngineWatch, also identified a patent that suggested that Google was investigating author authority as a ranking factor.
Google Prevails in Patent Complaint vs. New hacked site notifications in search results - Google Webmaster Central Blog With many search and social networks releasing their Top 10 queries and trends for 2010, we thought we'd jump on the bandwagon...
Google To Gain Access To Over 1.5 Million European Patent Documents - Search Engine Land Improve Search Rankings with Effective Link Building - HubSpot Blog Search Syndication Controls for 2010 - adCenter Blog
Google awarded patent for Google Instant/Social Search - Fortune Google Wins Patent To Display Thumbnails Beside Results - Go Rumors Search Assist - Yahoo Search Blog The Google Webmaster Central Blog announced they are now allowing up to four...
Google Fights Back in Patent Suit vs. Play "Decode Jay-Z with Bing" and win - Bing Search Blog Insights into Multimedia Search User Behavior, Intent, and Consumption - Yahoo Search Blog Search Engine Employee and Customer: How to Win My Business...
