Well first lets take a look at the abstract for 2007 patent for Agent Rank: This patent application describes a system where that might be a possibility. But again, Google has given us hints with Author Rank, Agent Rank, or whatever you want to...
The patent application, filed with the US PTO, describes a device that would be placed on a wristband and would include one or more touch displays. Google has filed for a patent, which, if developed, could bring a wearable smartwatch device to its...
Another patent trial is set for this summer. Apple did not violate Google patent, trade panel rules – ReutersWith victory, iPhones, iPads, and iPod touches won't face a U.S.import ban. Microsoft beats Google in patent ruling over Xbox technology...
SEO by the SeaGoogle has been granted a new patent, "Determining relevance scores for locations. UK paid search CPCs overtake US for first time – The DrumMeanwhile, Kenshoo reports that "CPCs in the UK rose by ten cents taking the total CPC to...
He even offered to sell his patent to other oral hygiene companies. Just as YouTube leveled the playing field and allowed a small start-up like us to compete with major brands, crowdfunding will play a similar role with the Orapup.
A recent ComputerWorld article has revealed new insights into Google’s news-ranking algorithm, based on information from a patent filed by Google in February 2012. The patent reveals the following potential factors considered by Google’s ranking...
One of the more notable places you can find direct similarities between the NSTIC system and Google is in the Google patent applications. Ecosystem advocates tell us we're afforded a safer Internet, with more privacy and enhanced anonymity.
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. So what else do we use to help us evaluate the quality of a...
Bill Slawski wrote an excellent post on a patent for a method of detecting commercial queries, secured by Google in October 2011. The patent application describes the exact match domain problem: a company may attempt to “trick” the search engine...
We would like to settle these patent matters, but Apple's unwillingness to work out a license leaves us little choice but to defend ourselves and our engineers' innovations," said a Motorola spokesperson.
It wouldn't hurt to keep a tinfoil hat handy as well… Look no further than this Microsoft patent that talks about spying on SEO forums. Regardless of the myriad of posts on the various named updates, none of us really know what is going on.
Microsoft and Facebook have announced a whopping $550 million deal under which the social networking giant will be given the right to purchase a portion of the patent portfolio that Microsoft acquired from AOL.
Page's claim that the system isn't vital to the firm comes as Google prepares to part with $12.5 billion for the purchase of Motorola, chiefly to take ownership of the firm's patent portfolio to help it fend off numerous patent lawsuits being...
Note: there have been some updates to the original PageRank patent, which Bill Slawski covers in detail here. They just didn't make us crazy. Whenever I'm asked about what I do for a living, I say something like this: "you know those pieces of text...
If this seems a bit familiar, it may be because Yahoo and Google were in the midst of a patent fight over pay-per-click and bidding advertising patents Yahoo acquired when it bought Overture, eventually settling for 2.7 million shares of stock...
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. We all use tools and access resources to keep us reacting quickly and professionally in this ever...
The stance taken by Yahoo could open up yet another swathe of litigation in the technology sector, where numerous firms including Google, Apple and Microsoft are embroiled in patent battles as firms look to impinge on competitors' ability to...
Along with approving the deal between Google and Motorola, the DOJ signed off on the proposed purchase of Nortel's patent holdings by a group which includes Apple and Microsoft. This is an important milestone in the approval process and it moves us...
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.
