Entries from Search Engine Roundtable tagged with 'patents'

Some Insights into Image Optimization for Search

Earlier this month, Bill Slawski wrote about how search engines use images to rank web pages. He explains that search engines often look at text, alt tags, and similar contextual elements to rank images. He also refers to a Microsoft...

GraphOn Sues Google for Patent Infringement

CNET reports that software maker GraphOn has filed suit against Google for violating its patents in a multitude of Google products, including Google's Base, AdWords, Blogger, Sites, and YouTube. Is GraphOn in the right here? Forum members are not satisfied....

Will Stricter Laws Regarding Software Patents Nullify Search Algorithms and Google PageRank?

Greg Sterling shares a blog post from the Patent Law Blog that says that "the Patent and Trademark Office has now made clear that its newly developed position on patentable subject matter will invalidate many and perhaps most software patents,...

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