kaled - 11:43 am on Apr 2, 2005 (gmt 0)

I have some real work to do (fixing my roof) so I've only skimmed this thread but I think a few reminders are needed.

1) You can apply for a patent on anything but it may not be granted.
2) Even if granted, a patent may not be enforcable.
3) Google have a long standing policy of not discussing their algos, therefore
4) This can only be intended to confuse - it it certainly not an attempt to limit the technology of their competitors (which is the purpose of a patent).
5) The best place to hide a stolen car is in the biggest car park you can find. In other words, there MIGHT be some real ideas hidden in a load of nonsense but I'm not going to bother looking through it.

Just for the record, I've just restored one page on my site back to #3 on Google from about #25. I did it using the oldest and crudest of SEO. I really don't understand why people believe that Google algos are so fantastic and sophisticated. I've just applied the same nonsense SEO to a page that is nowhere for its target keywords - I'm half expecting to get page 1.

Kaled.