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Google Patents Search Algorithm

Posted by michael on from the google-this dept.

blastedtokyo writes "Google gets the first web search patent. According to this News.com.com article, Google was able to patent how they crawl and rank web pages. They claim "an improved search engine that refines a document's relevance score based on interconnectivity of the document within a set of relevant documents.""

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  1. THEN PUT THE CODE IN THE PATENT NOTICE!!! by Booie+Paog · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    not placing source in software patents goes against what patents were made for. and let me guess, after 20 years, they'll extend it ? BULLSH*T. does ANYONE know of lawmakers/senators that are out to rehaul the patent system ? ANYONE ?

  2. SICK of IT by sstamps · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I am getting SO SICK of the patent system abuse. NO, G**gle gets no quarter from me; they are just as wrong to abuse the system as the government is WRONG to allow the system to become and STAY broken.

    They've got my thoughts and feelings on the matter in email.

    Oh well, and it was such a nice search engine; it is too bad that I have to find another one and recommend to everyone I know to switch to it. After five years and TENS of THOUSANDS of referrals (conservative estimate), I knew it couldn't last forever. Eventually, greed and corruption kill anything worthwhile; for me, at least.

    --
    -SS "Teach the ignorant, care for the dumb, and punish the stupid."