What will happen then you think?

Does it mean Microsoft will adopt PageRank in its search calculations?

Aparently the license is owned by Stanford University, not Google.

This is quite interesting. I thought I was owned by google. Can't google renew it or something?

I am wondering that Google PR is being licensed an own by Stanford University then why it is being called Google PR and not Stanford PR?

I suspect that over at Bing they are already dissecting the algorithm components and defining how they plan to apply something similar. The interesting question is whether that would lead to more similar rankings, given that links seem to count for less in the Bing algo.

Originally Posted by TWD

What will happen then you think?
Does it mean Microsoft will adopt PageRank in its search calculations?

The other big search companies already have their own methods of "ranking" sites so they're probably using many of the same sort of algorithms that Google do. Obviously given a licence to do so they may or may not add something that's currently protected by the patent come 2011.

I'm sure that most SE companies have similar alorythms but Google's "special secret sauce" of around 200 individual factors is what makes it's search results (arguably) the best.

I am assuming that Stanford owns the patent because the research was done by Brin and Page when they were graduate students using the university's resources there, and before the company was incorporated.
sidebar: for an interesting read on the background of Google's success, get a copy of "The Search" by John Battelle

As to whether or not Google can extend the exclusive license, I'm not really sure how these things work. There might be some US ant-trust regulations against that. Maybe some legal eagles here will know.

More about the PageRank patent
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PageRank

We will not be sure about this not until year 2011 came.

This sounds a good debate. Let's see on what google will do about this issue.

Originally Posted by BlElizabeth

I am wondering that Google PR is being licensed an own by Stanford University then why it is being called Google PR and not Stanford PR?

Because The actual page rank algorithm was developed by Google's founders Larry page and Sergery Brin at stanford university. That's why it's called Google PR.

Well, since PR is becoming less important day by day and in the Google world, so I think it will become obsolete and not used by other search engines.

Originally Posted by bermuda

PR is becoming less important day by day and in the Google world

based on what evidence?

I think Google always use pagerank or something like it for ranking results. And pagerank is owned by Google no stanford university.

Originally Posted by bestseo

And pagerank is owned by Google no stanford university.

WRONG!



http://www.google.com/patents?id=cJU...page&q&f=false


Look at the Assignee, THAT is the patent owner.

This is normal practice, if you are in paid employment for a company and develop something that can be patented: the company owns it.

If you are a University student the University owns it.

You are just the inventor, the people who fund or provide the resource for the research become the owners.

Originally Posted by TWD

Does it mean Microsoft will adopt PageRank in its search calculations?

Nope, what it means is that the methods, ideas and claims described in the patent can be used by other parties without requiring a licence.


The name PageRank however is trademarked to Google (filed in 2003)

What Chrishirst said...

And almost all search engines have something very similar to page rank for measuring link popularity in their algorithm. They just can't call it that and do it slightly differently in each case. So I'm not seeing why any of that would change.

this is quite interesting topic nut i think google try to take it from the Stanford university

Does that mean we will get access to how its calculated?

How you are telling this? Any Source of information.. Thanks.

Originally Posted by TWD

What will happen then you think?

Does it mean Microsoft will adopt PageRank in its search calculations?

Aparently the license is owned by Stanford University, not Google.