GoTo.com issued patent on their tech

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Filed: May 28, 1999
Issued: July 31, 2001

System and method for influencing a position on a search result list generated by a computer network search engine [164.195.100.11]

[scslawin]

Do you suppose that they'll go around shutting down the other PPC SE's, using this patent as the basis?

[MaliciousDan]

What they won't allow a patent on these days. I'm gonna patent tying shoes and sue all the world.