I have never seen so many or such kind words when someone has just tried to patent common sense.
Literally Google wants to patent any and every way a page could be read. Including ideas already built into MySql.
This is a very broad patent.
How many links come to my site is MY BUSINESS and if Google wants to use MY BUSINESS INFO to rank me they are welcome. Not at the expense of telling Yahoo and MSN they can't do the same.
All of the information they are patenting is a number or stat that is directly related to how I run my business. They are not trying to patent an algorithm here they want to patent my business stats and keep the ability to use them to themselves.
Frankly the two editorials I have read on this didn't seem to comprehend the scope of just how broad this patent is. That the information would then become the property of Google and they would have a right to sue YOU for ranking your own PAGES on your OWN SITE with any of these methods.
Broad Patents and Corporate litigation Blackmail has kept Overture in power and partnered up on top for as long as it has been. Its also why they can now charge 10cents per click min.
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