I’m sure they all appreciate being kept on their toes, critical praise can bea good thing. If we didn’t care we wouldn’t make a sound, where would they be then?

http://www.yackyack.co.uk/google/ghosts-in-the-google-machine-and-seeing-double/

thanks for the heads up

db

I can’t think of specifics, but i recall someone somewhere referencing stuff like time machines, teleportation devices, reanimation devices and other ‘out there’ ideas that if invented would simply blow humanity away.

The funny thing with this IR stuff and the big engines especially is that whilst they may well have the time and resources to set up little think tanks and write about scoring methods yet to be conceived, the reality is that just like Googles secret algo, no one outside the inner sanctum really knows exack-tag-alley how it all works and would be none the wiser about the use or tagging on of, any pre-existing patented idea already registered by a competitor.

Of course to think like that suggests that this stuff will stand still. History tends to point to a state of play where something new and radical will come along and blow existing stuff out of the water.

The IR patent writers of today are either a) trying to freeze out new competition that *may* be a potential threat at some point , or b) just adding to the tried and tested tradition of giving SEO’s a few more FUD theories to think about and speculate upon.

db