Google to use TrustRank for News, Possibly More

Posted by Zonk on Friday April 29, 2005 @06:56AM from the no-more-trusting-the-weekly-world-news dept.

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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Re:Political implications by Truth_Quark · 2005-04-29 10:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

And what "trust rank" would you give "fox news" for the same reason?
It is an Australian Owned (except for a technicality), satellite, cable, and broadcast network with a lot of staff, a huge audience and the most valuable thing that it sells is manufactured consent.