Comments on: Google Granted New Similarity Patent http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/ SEO and Marketing Blog Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:53:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lisa http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-15807 Lisa Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:05:57 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/#comment-15807 <p>Portland -- I agree completely. I imagine Google will only be looking at site text, not the design. Otherwise, most sites will appear to be dups. <br /><br /> Handsome Rob -- Time will tell. No matter what Google does, dedicated scrapers will always find a way around it. All we can do is keep making the wall higher so it's harder to climb... and hope the scrapers hurt themselves when they fall. </p> Portland — I agree completely. I imagine Google will only be looking at site text, not the design. Otherwise, most sites will appear to be dups.

Handsome Rob — Time will tell. No matter what Google does, dedicated scrapers will always find a way around it. All we can do is keep making the wall higher so it’s harder to climb… and hope the scrapers hurt themselves when they fall.

]]> By: handsome rob http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-15806 handsome rob Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:59:29 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/#comment-15806 Assuming that these "sketches" apply only to copy and related tags (as opposed to a full site design and stylesheet sketch), will it be a weighted system that is less stringent for pages that have less copy? Will scrapers then simply jumble their text every few words or make more pages with less actual copy on them? How will this impact popular CMS platforms like Wordpress if tagging structure and layout are part of the "sketches"? Assuming that these “sketches” apply only to copy and related tags (as opposed to a full site design and stylesheet sketch), will it be a weighted system that is less stringent for pages that have less copy? Will scrapers then simply jumble their text every few words or make more pages with less actual copy on them? How will this impact popular CMS platforms like Wordpress if tagging structure and layout are part of the “sketches”?

]]> By: SEO Portland http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-15805 SEO Portland Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:44:49 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/#comment-15805 <p>What concerns me about this technology is how it will impact ecommerce operations that use their store to sell a small series of items that are basically the same. And to boot, usually the ecommerce webapps out there are all spitting out dynamic url's left and right... </p> What concerns me about this technology is how it will impact ecommerce operations that use their store to sell a small series of items that are basically the same. And to boot, usually the ecommerce webapps out there are all spitting out dynamic url’s left and right…

]]> By: Jack Dahlgren http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-15804 Jack Dahlgren Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:03:33 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/#comment-15804 Hmmmm... the patent was filed in 2001 so my expectation is that this technology has been in use for a number of years already. As you can see it takes a while for patents to work their way through the system. Most of the IP in a new gadget or software will have any patents being processed, but companies can't and won't wait until the patent is awarded. Hmmmm… the patent was filed in 2001 so my expectation is that this technology has been in use for a number of years already. As you can see it takes a while for patents to work their way through the system. Most of the IP in a new gadget or software will have any patents being processed, but companies can’t and won’t wait until the patent is awarded.

]]> By: Bruce Clay http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-15803 Bruce Clay Thu, 04 Jan 2007 17:29:03 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/#comment-15803 <p>I know - opinions go both ways. I agree that Google should not be a censor, but it is their index and duplicated results diminished the value of their top 10 results when they are all substantially the same. My view sways but in the end I lean towards providing quality unique content that satisfies the searchers even if it aggravates website owners. So which is worse: make users write their own content or reward plagiarism? </p> I know – opinions go both ways. I agree that Google should not be a censor, but it is their index and duplicated results diminished the value of their top 10 results when they are all substantially the same. My view sways but in the end I lean towards providing quality unique content that satisfies the searchers even if it aggravates website owners. So which is worse: make users write their own content or reward plagiarism?

]]> By: Lisa http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-15802 Lisa Thu, 04 Jan 2007 15:28:37 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/#comment-15802 It's Google's job to present users with the best, most expert information for any given query. If your site is 80 percent duplicate to someone elses, you're not presenting quality information and your site doesn't deserve to rank well.I look at this as an incentive for site owners to create better sites, not an example of Google trying to control what content you're allowed to view. It’s Google’s job to present users with the best, most expert information for any given query. If your site is 80 percent duplicate to someone elses, you’re not presenting quality information and your site doesn’t deserve to rank well.I look at this as an incentive for site owners to create better sites, not an example of Google trying to control what content you’re allowed to view.

]]> By: judy http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/comment-page-1/#comment-15801 judy Thu, 04 Jan 2007 04:31:59 +0000 http://www.bruceclay.com/blog-test/2007/01/google-granted-new-similarity-patent/#comment-15801 <p>oh come in...Google needs to be careful or it may find itself not so friendly in the end. I thought it was googles job to find and list sites, not to determine what site they think I should be able to see. So if Google doesn't like your site, then I can't find it? </p> oh come in…Google needs to be careful or it may find itself not so friendly in the end. I thought it was googles job to find and list sites, not to determine what site they think I should be able to see. So if Google doesn’t like your site, then I can’t find it?

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