Google to use TrustRank for News, Possibly More

mike slaven writes "In a follow-up to Tuesday's post about Google registering a trademark on the term TrustRank, an article on NewScientist explains how Google plans to track the credibility of news sources. The article also mentions that the patent on TrustRank is not limited to ranking just news stories: 'The patent also reveals that the same system could be roped in to rank other search results, not simply news. So sales and services could in the future be listed on the basis of price and the reputation of the company involved.'"

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Gotta do this in public...

[Anonymous Coward]

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Slashdot

the end of Jeff Gannon & Armstrong Williams?

[digitaldc]

Let us all hope!
Jeff Gannon, whose real name is James Guckert, resigned his job with the conservative Talon News after it was revealed he had used a pseudonym, had little journalism background, and had ties to male escort Web sites. ["http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_disp lay.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000856306"]
At the same time, I (Armstrong Williams) understand that I exercised bad judgment in running paid advertising for an issue that I frequently write about in my column. People need to know that my column is uncorrupted by any outside influences. I would like to take this opportunity to apologize for my bad judgment, and to better explain the circumstances. ["http://www.townhall.com/columnists/Armstrongwill iams/aw20050110.shtml"]
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