Topic: Google Patents Editorial Favorability (Read 766 times)
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« on: Aug 25, 2006, 10:13:53 am »
The US Patent and Trademark Office awarded Google a curious patent on Tuesday, filed for in 2000. The patent covers a "system and method for supporting editorial opinion in the ranking of search results." Observers are still uncertain if the patent is merely an "artifact" or a signal for a new direction in Google News.