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…
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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.
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incrediBILL reply a few posts down suggesting:
Isn’t this called DIGG?
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Read more here:
http://www.webmasterworld.com/google/3260703.htm
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Full patent (its worth a read) here: here
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