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Re: Kinderstart Sues Google Regards Index Placement

Garrett Wollman (wollman@csail.mit.edu)
Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:05:32 UTC

In article <telecom25.113.10@telecom-digest.org>, jared
<jared@netspacenospamnet.au> wrote:

> Secrecy & patented?

As I understand it: the technique is patented; the precise parameters
(known as a "reset vector") which Google uses to generate its
particular rankings are secret. If these parameters were to become
known, they could be used to manipulate the rankings.

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