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Google TrustRank

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the trust-no-one dept.

Philipp Lenssen writes "Google registered a trademark for the word "TrustRank", as Search Engine Watch reveals. Is this a sign we can expect a follow-up to Google's PageRank? An earlier, possibly related paper on TrustRank is available; it proposes techniques to semi-automatically separate good pages from spam by the use of a small selection of reputable seed pages."

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  1. psst, wanna buy some TrustRank? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I've got a TR7 site with four links available...

  2. Re:Cheeseh... by penguinoid · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's why us open source programmers always throw out and completely rewrite our programs from version 2.6 to version 2.8

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  3. Yahoo behind trustrank by Underholdning · · Score: 2, Funny

    The funny thing is, that one of the authors of the Trustrank paper is from Yahoo.

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  4. Mmmmm.... tripe. by thegnu · · Score: 1, Funny

    I think I'll try being less agreeable from now on.

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  5. Re:Question. by meringuoid · · Score: 1, Funny
    If I search for "stoned whores" what sites should be considered trusted?

    suicidegirls.com?

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  6. Re:Trustrank explained by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Do you mean a high-pass filter?

  7. Re:"Censorship": You keep using that word.... by hunterx11 · · Score: 2, Funny
    I notice that you haven't reproduced anything I've said in any of your posts.

    Please stop censoring me.

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