Last week there was a lot of discussion in the SEO community about the Google Patent. You can expect much more discussion to come.

Among many things about blogs and search engine marketing that most veteran bloggers have known for awhile is that publishing frequency matters...a lot! Coverage of the Google patent by Google Blog News Channel ( found via Free Traffic Tips: What The Google Patent Means For Webmasters ) states that:

"The patent also answers some questions. Why did Google become a domain registrar? To have access to site historical data, which it will now use in its rankings. Why did Google purchase Urchin? To use that data for site rankings. Does the Google toolbar help determine rankings? You're damn right it does.

Here's one interesting fact: PageRank isn't about the number of links, its about link ...   more »