According to the recent Google patent “Ranking Search Results Based On Entity Metrics” an entity is, “a thing or concept that is singular, unique, well-defined and distinguishable.” I wrote a lengthy analysis of the patent on my blog but decided to save the discussion as to what it really means for SEO for this article. […]
Google Acquires SSL Network Speed Patent from AT&T
In a very interesting patent re-assignment, Google has acquired a patent from AT&T that deals with speeding up SSL network speed. This patent comes hot on the heels of Google’s announcement that they are using SSL on sites as a ranking factor, which sent many webmasters scrambling to get security certificates up and running on […]