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This is a patent by matt, a patent either being used or to be used soon…

As most people know matt is the spam killer thus the patent is about remove doc’s.. Google want’s to index the world and beyond but isn’t interested in the crap in the world know as spam.. The problem has always been the same.. “how to get rid of spam” ..

This patent tells us that google could be or will be using user group (good one and bad one) to see if a doc should be removed…

msgraph over on webmaster world posted:

Most is about your typical personalized search/toolbar with the option to remove pages/sites but this part was interesting…

40. A method, comprising: aggregating information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users; and assign scores to a set of documents based on the aggregated information.

41. The method of claim 40, wherein aggregating information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users includes: identifying a set of legitimate users and a set of illegitimate users; and collecting information regarding documents that have been removed by the set of legitimate users.

42. The method of claim 40, wherein aggregating information regarding documents that have been removed by a group of users includes: identifying a set of users with a defined relationship; and collecting information regarding documents that have been removed by the set of users.

incrediBILL reply a few posts down suggesting:

Isn’t this called DIGG?

Read more here:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3260703.htm

Full patent (its worth a read) here: here

I’ve posted about this in the forums and of course heard of many other webmasters having a few probs..

So what’s the “score” ..

 Well on one site I have been targetting a highly searched word due to it being a brand name but also a item name..
An example would be “apples” .. My site offer apples.. cool apple, nice apples and so on..

Now the CTR is going to be low.. Fine.. @ present only 2 other advertisers.. 1 is like “applekitchens” the other is a competitor..

Now.. for the length of the campaign  the ads been in 3rd position..

The ad cost 3p per click (my choice) but google would of taken 2p..

UNTIL now! 

The new quality score has taken it from my chosen 3p to 20p then today to 50p only 2 ads show for now.. I wonder how long those will last…

hmmmmmmm..

Screen shot for ya..

update:

It has now reached £5.00 per click.. Need I say more

Well it cuts the legs off spam.. hmmm chop chop!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YUugB4IUl4

The title of the post says it all..

Anyway.. some guy/girl has posted on DP the stats of all the listed site in dmoz as of 2 month ago and ran a report to return the PR..

So this is intersting because the site listed in dmoz are of course manually checked and must be “good” lol..

PR   number of sites 

0     59581
1     64297
2     196614
3     436085
4     463071
5     227345
6     76438
7     16916
8     2871
9     259
10    26

pretty cool info

comments etc.. here:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=244720

Today is “Valentines day” and as to the post below google has updated their logo… If you click on it, your be taken to a search “valentine’s day” but if you clicky on the image tab on .co.uk This link http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=valentine’s%20day&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi 

You get the following page..

This is the world we live in I guess…

Funny thread over on DP about the google’s valentine day logo..

It would seem the ”l” is missing… hehehehe 

More info here:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=244025

 Are you a looker ?

google want’s to see your smile..

Its an odd request but hey… why not..

If you want to share your photo, visit this page for all the details. Along with your photo, we ask that you include your name, your customer ID number (so we can match you up with your account), your business name, and a description of the photo. High resolution images, greater than 5 megapixels, are best. We’d also love it if you could include a paragraph describing your business and how you are using AdWords. If we use your photo we’ll also send you a small thank you gift. Thanks for helping to make our offices a happier, smilier place.

More info here:
http://adwords.blogspot.com/2007/02/share-your-smiles-with-us.html

To scared… I just read this thread about a webmaster worried to hell 12% CTR..

People are trying to tell the site owner that 12% is nothing.. I so agree .. I’ve seen 300+% in some channel ..

Some people don’t understand how you can get more than 100% well the back is used so much..

High CTR can come from the user being confused by the navigation vs the ads.. 1 click take you to a different site so you hit the back button.. the user then tries another link (that again looks like the nav) and bam… 200% CTR

more info over at dp here:
http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=232290

This one is new for me..

 Haven’t seen this black number before..

Seen loads and loads of the “G” in a little square..

Anyway heres a screen shot:

A thread over on DP is discussing how someone’s client has had a competitor register on their map url..

The listing shows as unverified, but I imagine that could stay that way for months.

You might want to check your Google map business listing to make sure someone hasn’t done the same to you. 

No proof of this but I don’t see why this wouldn’t happen ?

More comments here:

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=238797