http://paidcontent.org/2006/11/08/aol-acquires-financial-news-info-search-technology-firm-relegence/ The economics of digital content Thu, 23 May 2013 00:07:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2006/11/08/aol-acquires-financial-news-info-search-technology-firm-relegence/#comment-45622 Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:55:24 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2006/11/08/aol-acquires-financial-news-info-search-technology-firm-relegence/#comment-45622 A patent play? I seem to remember Relegence claiming they had secured patents on ranking of news based on its popularity and other real-time search engine techniques (a quick USPTO reveals two patents). With the search fight going strong, real-time search might be the next big thing, so perhaps that is part of the reasoning?

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