Watch Out. SEO has been patented!

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http://www.elevatelocal.co.uk/blog/warren-buffet-patents-seo-strategy-29094977

 

[GreyWing]

Is this some kind of joke article?

Even if this is true won't stand up in court however, it probably got through without challenge because others didn't object. But I'm sure someone will be able to show they have been doing this for years and therefore the patent won't stand up to legal challenge.

Being granted a patent is pretty much the easy part of course, making it stand up in court is the hard bit.

Because some clown in a patent office gave it him, doesn't create legal precedent thankfully. Wonder if he DRS's seo.co.uk a Nominet expert will quickly hand him in the name on the back of it

 

[cc976a]

This is one of the most stupidest things I've ever heard.

If this was put out on 1st April it would have been a good April Fool.

What on earth is the point. One stupid out of touch executive has managed to persuade another stupid idiot at the patent office, using the Hathaway name and influence, to get this through.

How on earth can you patent a trend and practise that is more than a decade old, used by hundreds of millions of businesses worldwide, to one business.

 

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More info here:
http://searchengineland.com/warren-buffets-business-wire-awarded-patent-for-press-release-seo-94958

... Love the angst in the posts!

 

[scooter]

Bonkers.

I posted a while back that google were awarded a patent for the electronic notification of approximate shipping date!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/12/google_customer_notification_patent/





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