Hi elgoog, good to run across someone familiar…you know how sub-100< posters usually get looked at in many forums. Regarding Google’s phrase-based patent, there is still a lot of speculation as to just what Google’s is referencing here. I know of many people associating it with LSI (latent semantic indexing), others mention the “950 penalty”, and still others are saying it is paged based.
I personally think that it is LSI Implementation within a “sub” algo that a site passes through once it has been pushed, or even possibly a shortened version to reduce processing time.
I would have thought that the Systems and methods for removing duplicate search engine results would have been a much bigger issue, both here and the SEO forums I hang out in.
Basically this says that if you are showing up on the front page for organic as well as paid results, that the organic would be purged. (MSN)
WHAT????
Since it is only in its proposotion stage, I won’t even go there, but if something like this is released, it pains me to imagine the potential repercussions from both of our communities, as well as many others.
This is all MSN needs is something else to pizz people off and alienate them.
(Bear in mind one os 4 years old and the other is 2, but they keep resurfacing, as does the LSI arguement, meta tags, -30 and -950 penalties, so take it for what its worth)
GaryTheScubaGuy