Google applies for RSS ads patent |
What is it with tech companies and patents? Some ridiculous patents are being applied for that I sincerely hope the Patent office swiftly rejects. Case in point, advertising inside RSS patent applied for by Google:
The company, which was about the last one in the contextual advertising space to jump on the (somewhat annoying, honestly) “ads in RSS” bandwagon, has now filed for a patent on embedding ads in syndicated content.
NickW from Threadwatch is insulted:
Like Barry, i find patents quite bizarre, but i also find them annoying, inhibiting, and dreadfully insulting.
C’mon Google, what the hell are you thinking here?
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