technical solutions and commentary

With all the chatter in the Blog space and PodCast space about Google’s patent and how it determines site ranks, I thought I would see what patents Google, Inc. holds with the USPTO. Here’s a link to the results using the search term “Google, Inc”. Patent registrations are usually pretty dry reading, but if you can get through them you can usually learn alot.

And speaking of learning a lot from patents, here is a side note that doesn’t relate to technology… Several magazines had evaluated popular diets a few months ago. The conlcusion I found to be most common among them was that Weight Watchers was the most effective in helping people lose wieght and keep it off. Here is the patent filing for how they calculate food in take for the diet.