Hints of How Google May Rank Social Networks?

A trio of recently published patent applications from Google, originally filed in 2007, provide a hint at a possible social network from Google, but possibly more importantly give us some insights into how Google might rank objects in social networks such as: Communities, Forums, Members, Postings, Photographs, Blogs, Albums, Media files, Articles, and; Documents. Ranking … Read more

Irony, Thy Name is Microsoft

Microsoft was granted a new patent today, Search ranger system and double-funnel model for search spam analyses and browser protection (US Patent 7,873,635), which provides a detailed look at how Bing might attempt to identify search spammers who redirect traffic from search results pages to pages filled with advertising or other content intended to earn … Read more