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Here's an idea

A way to improve search results and even go someway to keep webmasters happy

A search engine could repeat the search with different filters applied, or different weights applied to the different filters.

For example, there would be abutton saying 'I hasn't hapy with these results - try again'

This doesn't give page 2 of the SERPs, but page 1 of a search for the same term, with a different set of filters. One could keep clicking the button until a desired result set is found.

Example - I may be searching for independant product review for product X
the term "Independant review for X" is unlikely to yeild what I want as the keyword 'indepentanr' is unlike ly to be on the page, or in the links to that page. It's also unlikly that the LSI would pick it up.
I would expect to be given product X for sale ads, biased reports and MFA sites promoting X.
By requesting different filters be applied I may get the results I want

Well, I just went over and read the patent application:

Here's one direct quote, from the "Description" part:

"One way to order documents is the PageRank algorithm more fully described in the article "The Anatomy of a Large-Scale Hypertextual Search Engine" by S. Brin and L. Page, 7.sup.th International World Wide Web Conference, Brisbane, Australia and U.S. Pat. No. 6,285,999, both of which are hereby incorporated by reference as background information."

Oh, Gypsy, this would turn our PR understanding (the notion that's its worthless) on its head.

Honestly that Patent App. scares the heck out of me! Too creepy for words.

Northie wrote:

Here's an idea

A way to improve search results and even go someway to keep webmasters happy

A search engine could repeat the search with different filters applied, or different weights applied to the different filters.

For example, there would be abutton saying 'I hasn't hapy with these results - try again'

This doesn't give page 2 of the SERPs, but page 1 of a search for the same term, with a different set of filters. One could keep clicking the button until a desired result set is found.

Example - I may be searching for independant product review for product X
the term "Independant review for X" is unlikely to yeild what I want as the keyword 'indepentanr' is unlike ly to be on the page, or in the links to that page. It's also unlikly that the LSI would pick it up.
I would expect to be given product X for sale ads, biased reports and MFA sites promoting X.
By requesting different filters be applied I may get the results I want

Isn't that the definition of "advance search?"

I like to search for other fun teddy bear sites. If I type in "Teddy Bears," the results always include Vermont Teddy Bear Factory, Boyd's, Build-a-Bear Worshops, and lots of Teddy Bear Artists. When I go into "advance search," I add "-sell, -sale, -artist. I then look at the new results or research the previous results. Then, I find out what they all have in common that I'm not interested, go back into "advance search," and add more filters, until I start coming up with pages that are more about the fun of bears then the business or sales of bears. Seems to me, the search engines already have the ability, they just might want to make it more obvious for new searchers.

As for patenting intrusive info gathering tactics -- technically, I hate the idea, and run my Spybot about once a week to stop it. On the other hand, I have a gmail account, so get the spying anyway from Google in my gmail. I probably should resolve that paradox in my personality, before wagging my finger at Google for considering something I already let them do.

Ummm, Dave?! She is a co-writer on a blog, and if you click her link under her picture, you can find her entries. There is always leaving a comment on her entries. Then again, this article isn't included in her entries on that Blog. (Bet she listened to Northie about not repeating the same thing on her own Blog. :LOL:) And don't forget -- breathe in, breathe out, slowly breathe...calm down. Don't worry -- anyone naive enough to believe every word, will come to learn the truth, sooner or later. It happens. I'm proof.

I paused at the same statement that Northie did, and zipped over to here to see if the Dave bait snagged ya yet.