For instance, today, if you search on Google for "what does BillSlawski say about patents? But those results will simply be documents that contain terms such as "BillSlawski", "patents" and "say". Eventually, a semantic search engine will be able...
As for potential social signals that could be used for search rankings, BillSlawski highlighted a post about Google's acquisition of some Groupivity/Appmail patents. Slawski said he's been "a little wary of correlation studies because they...
According to a blog post by BillSlawski 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.
And everyone's favorite (search) patent uber-geek BillSlawski also found this one: Document Scoring Based on Document Content Update. Today we'll look at some of the past geekiness (a.k.a.patents and such) from Google to get a sense of how search...
The description doesn’t quite match up 100%, but most patent descriptions are illustrative examples, and the claims sections are the important parts,” wrote BillSlawski. Google has bought 12 patents relating to “cross-referencing information...
For those interested learning about more theoretical possibilities in assessing link value, I would strongly recommend BillSlawski's analysis of Google's 2004 "Ranking documents based on user behavior and/or feature data.
Okay I would not have bothered to read Yahoo's latest patent on reciprocal links if it were not for two blog posts by BillSlawski and David Harry. Bill, on the other hand, gets the tip of the hat for his detail in simplifying various link related...
Our industry's leading authority on searchpatentsBillSlawski found another interesting patent submission. Apparently Microsoft is looking at, if not using, domain age as an algorithm factor. This has been discussed in conversations in many...
In my recent Podcast with BillSlawski we focused on discussing search engine ranking factors. Bill is known throughout the industry for the great work he does examining and writing about search engine patents, which he does on the SEO by the Sea...
Search Marketers BillSlawski and Li Evans Join KeyRelevance, SEM Clubhouse Google’s 10 Oddest Patents, SEO by the Sea We've collected all the search marketing news from selected posts to the Search Engine Watch blog in the past week, along with...
BillSlawski Uncovers Possible Barter System Patent At MicrosoftMicrosoft has applied for a bunch of patents covering click fraud, and what could be the groundwork for a barter system between publishers and advertisers.
BillSlawski - SEO By The Sea - should be voted the global expert on search engine patents. He keeps on top of them and is always breaking solid insights into how the patent applies to the various engines and ways to learn from them.
My usual reminder about patents: Some of the processes and technology described in patents are created in house, and some are developed with the assistance of contractors and partners. And sometimes patents are just purchased.
My usual reminder about patents: Some of the processes and technology described in patents are created in house, and some are developed with the assistance of contractors and partners. And sometimes patents are just purchased.
and include with that post a listing of some of the patents that he was involved in developing while at IBM. In Google Has the Largest Number of Dead and Old Pages, the Google Operating System Blog points to a video and some research from Google's...
Dissecting whether understanding patents helps search optimizers were panelists Jon Glick, Senior Director of Product Search and Comparison Shopping at Become.com; Rand Fishkin, CEO of SEOmoz.org; and BillSlawski, President of SEO by the Sea, Inc.
My usual reminder about patents: Some of the processes and technology described in patents are created in house, and some are developed with the assistance of contractors and partners. And sometimes patents are just purchased.
My usual reminder about patents: Some of the processes and technology described in patents are created in house, and some are developed with the assistance of contractors and partners. And sometimes patents are just purchased.
A search at the patent office on Hartmut Neven, one of the board members of Neven Vision, showed patents assigned to Nevengineering, Inc. No patents assigned to Neven Vision, and no trademark in that name.
And sometimes patents are just purchased. My usual reminder about patents: Some of the processes and technology described in patents are created in house, and some are developed with the assistance of contractors and partners.