I am slightly shocked and simply amused that the recent Google Venice Update has largely flown under the radar. The Inside Search Blog published a list of 40 some-odd changes to the algorithm for February, and it seems that Panda 3.3 and the mysterious one liner about link valuation captivated most of the SEO and Inbound world...
Patentanmeldung Google Inc, Mai 2011
Mobile Mapping - Google Places.
Search Query mit geograpischen Komponenten. Ergebnisliste auf geographischer Karte mit Icons.
Patent von Google Inc. Published Oct 2010
Über die Kamera des Mobiltelefons können Images an einen remote recognition server gesendet werden und eine Objektpräsentation einer Datenbank mit einem zugehörigen Text zurückgesendet werden.
Patent von Yahoo Inc. (Antrag 2008, genehmigt 2011)
System, Apparatus and Method to manage contextual based mobile search including vitality information: location of the mobile device, a time of day, an event, information from the mobile user's calendar, past behavior of the mobile user, weather, social networking data, aggregate behaviors, or even information about proximity of a social contact.
Patentdatenbank, Juni 2011
barcode enabled coupon search, retrieval, presentation, and redemption;real-time sharing; data analytics to predict user shopping habits.
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