paybacksa - 11:40 pm on Mar 31, 2005 (gmt 0)

From where I sit:

Filing a patent requires disclosure, so it is only done after considering the balance of giving up your secrets (risk/benefit). If it's not a strong patent, as Brett suggests, are the benefits in the public disclosure?

A patent is not a plan. No one said they were doing what is in the patent application. I've seen IP produce patents that the tech people laughed about, because they were unimplementable or common knowledge or in conflict with other activities.

Are the hard core search people represented? Scientists want their names on quality work, and not on sub-standard work. Who is on this?

I listened to Cutts say webmasters should host at data centers close to their geographic locations, to assist local search. Using length of registration term as a trust factor is just as naive. Sometimes these ideas are so ridiculous you have to wonder if people like Matt are technically competent, floating balloons to gage response, or deliberately trying to influence opinion to make life easier for G at the expense of good sense.

Game on for sure, with a renewed enthusiasm. GoogleTrust is at an all time low.