Comments on: Google Is Updating Their Technical Fiddly Bits http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/ SEO Blog by Kid Disco Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:38:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Kamonics http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-36210 Kamonics Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:07:38 +0000 http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-36210 Good news that Google is keeping a backend. Hope that nothing misses from Google. Good news that Google is keeping a backend. Hope that nothing misses from Google.

]]> By: xueqi http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-31722 xueqi Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:38:15 +0000 http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-31722 Thank you very much for the article, I feel very good Thank you very much for the article, I feel very good

]]> By: kid disco http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-31512 kid disco Fri, 21 Mar 2008 18:14:13 +0000 http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-31512 @ David - I believe you are talking about this patent application: http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=1&p=1&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20080065694.PGNR.&OS=dn/20080065694&RS=DN/20080065694 <blockquote> A local search server receives queries for information about businesses from clients. The local search server searches a local information database for information about a business and reports the information about the business to the client that requested it. Sometimes, the database lacks complete information for the business. For example, the database might be missing the street number for the business. The local search server obtains the missing information by interfacing with a search engine and searching for hosted documents about the business. The local search server receives snippets of text from the documents. The local search server applies one or more heuristics to the text snippets to determine the missing information. The missing information is saved in the local information database.</blockquote> Bill Slawski has written more about it here: http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=1022 @ David - I believe you are talking about this patent application:

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacg.....0080065694

A local search server receives queries for information about businesses from clients. The local search server searches a local information database for information about a business and reports the information about the business to the client that requested it.

Sometimes, the database lacks complete information for the business. For example, the database might be missing the street number for the business.

The local search server obtains the missing information by interfacing with a search engine and searching for hosted documents about the business.

The local search server receives snippets of text from the documents. The local search server applies one or more heuristics to the text snippets to determine the missing information. The missing information is saved in the local information database.

Bill Slawski has written more about it here:

http://www.seobythesea.com/?p=1022

]]> By: David http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-31510 David Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:30:06 +0000 http://www.seodisco.com/google-local-unavailable-message/#comment-31510 Yes, apparently they have some sort of patent on a tool that helps them fill in information that is missing from listings. I think they are doing an update that is helping the spider the web for missing info on their listings. Yes, apparently they have some sort of patent on a tool that helps them fill in information that is missing from listings. I think they are doing an update that is helping the spider the web for missing info on their listings.

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