{"id":20856,"date":"2026-01-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/?p=20856"},"modified":"2026-02-04T13:02:05","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T18:02:05","slug":"google-patents-and-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/google-patents-and-leaks","title":{"rendered":"Digital Sleuthing: How to Find and Decipher Google\u2019s Patents, Leaks, and PR"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20856\" class=\"elementor elementor-20856\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a56abdd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a56abdd\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4491c47 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4491c47\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-732ef3e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"732ef3e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Explore this topic in AI Search<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3d7002 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e3d7002\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Want a different perspective? These links open AI Search platforms with a prompt to explore this topic, how it works in AI Search, and how iPullRank approaches it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feef6e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"feef6e7\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61ecb91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"61ecb91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" 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fill=\"#FBFBFB\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Ask in Google AI Mode<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dfb54f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7dfb54f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>*These buttons will open a third-party AI Search platform and submit a pre-written prompt. Results are generated by the platform and may vary.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a51f189 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a51f189\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When a multi-billion-dollar corporation sits at the center of the entire SEO industry, it can be tough to believe everything they say. Constant press releases with talking heads giving vague quotes can throw the industry into a tailspin in an instant, but this doesn\u2019t always have to be the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s truth in them there hills. You just have to know how to find it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From patents and leaks to official PR, there\u2019s a lot to filter through, but there are many ways to parse through the information Google releases. This blog will show you how to decipher the real meaning and separate fact from vague corporate untruths.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a2157b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2a2157b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"378\" src=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05-02-1024x484-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20859\" alt=\"Google data\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05-02-1024x484-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05-02-1024x484-1-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/05-02-1024x484-1-768x363.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d1f99db elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d1f99db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Understanding Google Patents\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-faed28c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"faed28c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For years, well-known SEO researcher Bill Slawski was at the forefront of analyzing Google patents. Since his passing in 2022, the torch hasn\u2019t so much been passed but rather divided between a number of SEOs trying to pick up the slack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patent watcher and leak analyzer <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/resources\/best-of-mike-king\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike King<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> still touts Bill\u2019s work and recommends that anyone new to patents should read his work at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.seobythesea.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO by the Sea<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and familiarize themselves with it. That way, you\u2019ll start to understand and recognize the terminology Google uses.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe difficulty is they\u2019re always going to be dense writing,\u201d Mike said of the patents. \u201cThey\u2019re not written to be readable.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Patents are written that way intentionally, with vague phrasing and broad descriptions to cover all of Google\u2019s bases legally.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike started looking into patents years ago after hearing many engineers and Googlers using terminology that he didn\u2019t understand at first. Then he searched through patents for those same words to learn what everyone was talking about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most recently, Mike did a deep dive into the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/how-ai-mode-works\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AI Mode patents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and how it all works.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the SEO world, experts make discoveries and share them at conferences. Mike says that Google does the same thing with its research by sharing papers and information at conferences for engineers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll of these people are sharing their ideas with each other and building upon them,\u201d Mike said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now that we know what to expect, let\u2019s look into where to find patents and how to read them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f56adf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f56adf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Where to Search for Patents\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c75d437 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c75d437\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a few main locations where you can easily find patent applications and their statuses:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/patents.google.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Patents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The most user-friendly interface. This is your primary hub that indexes global filings and offers the most intuitive search interface.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/research.google\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Research<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Where you can find official product and research releases directly from Google.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspto.gov\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USPTO<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/worldwide.espacenet.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Espacenet<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: These are official government databases with the most up-to-date legal statuses.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arxiv.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">arXiv.org e-Print archive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A directory for white papers.\u00a0<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aa11599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"aa11599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"592\" src=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Patents-site-1024x758.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20860\" alt=\"Google Patents site\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Patents-site-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Patents-site-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Patents-site-768x568.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Patents-site-1536x1137.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Google-Patents-site-2048x1516.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-245e594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"245e594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be sure to filter your search with certain key phrases. If you\u2019re using a site that\u2019s not Google\u2019s official patent directory, add the search operator assignee &#8220;Google LLC&#8221; to narrow it down, for example.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can also use CPC (Cooperative Patent Classification) codes like G06F 16\/00 (Information Retrieval) to find patents grouped by technology rather than just keywords.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI don\u2019t browse randomly,\u201d said Metehan Ye\u015filyurt of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/aeovision.ai\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AEO Vision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. \u201cI usually start from an observed behavior in search and work backwards. My main tools are <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/scholar.google.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Scholar<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (citation chains matter more than single patents), arXiv to understand the research roots, and advanced Google searches like \u201cfiletype:pdf\u201d combined with ranking or retrieval terms. I\u2019m looking for patterns, not one document. I\u2019m also using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/consensus.app\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">consensus.app<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, recently.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEO expert and consultant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mariehaynes.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marie Haynes<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> said she doesn\u2019t really have a solid process for finding interesting papers and patents &#8211; she just keeps her ear to the ground.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI have an RSS reader that I vibe coded that finds me the latest Google blog posts and more,\u201d she said. \u201cI pay close attention to this page: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/research.google\/pubs\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/research.google\/pubs\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She also scours X (formerly Twitter) for interesting papers that people are talking about.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost of what I find simply comes from me doing research as interesting scenarios come up,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96de4d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96de4d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Read a Patent \n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d77a79 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5d77a79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You don\u2019t need a law degree to be able to read a patent, but you might need <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/YLAdU0Jrpzk?si=Ypv4Rf1zAl8PXF87\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a few tips to read them efficiently<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, don&#8217;t read from top to bottom. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marketblast.com\/patents_&amp;_trademarks\/how_to_use_the_google_patent_website:_a_comprehensive_guide_for_new_inventors\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus on this order instead<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Abstract: Read this first. It\u2019s a 150-word summary of the problem and the solution. If the Abstract mentions &#8220;improving resource relevance based on user context,&#8221; you\u2019re likely looking at a ranking signal.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Claims: Found at the very end. The claims define exactly what Google owns. If a specific ranking factor isn&#8217;t in the claims, they don&#8217;t legally own that specific method.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Drawings &amp; Flowcharts: Look for Fig. 1 or Fig. 2. Google engineers use these flowcharts to show how data moves from a user&#8217;s query to the final result.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2066f70 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2066f70\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"752\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Patent-752x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20861\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Patent-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Patent-220x300.jpg 220w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Patent-768x1046.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Patent-1128x1536.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Patent-1504x2048.jpg 1504w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Patent-scaled.jpg 1880w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 752px) 100vw, 752px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3e7620 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3e7620\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep in mind that terms like &#8220;entity&#8221; or &#8220;resource&#8221; are used as catchalls for a person, place, or a brand to keep the patent&#8217;s scope broad. Remember, Google purposely keeps their patents from being too specific.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI mentally strip legal padding and reduce everything to inputs, transformations, scoring, and constraints,\u201d Metehan said. \u201cConstraints (latency, decay, thresholds, fallbacks) usually matter more than features.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A patent does not always equal a finished product either. Google patents thousands of ideas that never see the light of day as an actual product. In fact, Google frequently files &#8220;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/iprd.evalueserve.com\/blog\/understanding-offensive-and-defensive-patents-a-strategic-approach-to-intellectual-property\/#:~:text=Defensive%20Patents%3A%20Safeguarding%20Against%20Infringement%20Claims&amp;text=By%20securing%20a%20patent%20defensively,and%20enhancing%20freedom%20to%20operate.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">defensive patents<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d which are ideas they may never use, to prevent competitors or what they refer to as \u201cpatent trolls\u201d from using them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know that the language isn\u2019t simple for everyone to understand because it\u2019s written through the lens of information retrieval and not SEO (which is why Mike says they\u2019re able to get away with obfuscating information), but we now have tools to help us make sense of these patents. You can upload the PDF of the patent to NotebookLM and ask it questions or generate a podcast explaining it.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gemini has obviously indexed all of Google\u2019s research so you can ask it questions, too. If the information hasn\u2019t been made public yet, you can at least give it whatever information you have and it can analyze what it all might mean based on the facts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s all a lot more accessible now than it\u2019s ever been,\u201d Mike said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d6e9b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d6e9b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"783\" src=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemini-results-1024x1002.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20862\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemini-results-1024x1002.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemini-results-300x294.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemini-results-768x751.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemini-results-1536x1503.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Gemini-results-2048x2004.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df15f30 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df15f30\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes, Google will publish updates or expansions, so make sure you\u2019re looking at the right date. A patent usually lists three:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Priority Date: The most important date. This is when Google first claimed the idea. It tells you exactly when they were thinking about this technology.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Filing Date: When the formal paperwork was submitted (often months or years after the Priority Date).<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Publication Date: When the patent became public.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you see a patent published in 2026, but the Priority Date is 2021, you aren&#8217;t looking at a new invention but something Google has likely already been testing for five years.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The amount of patents Google applied for has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.neowin.net\/news\/heres-what-latest-data-says-about-apple-and-google-patents-and-its-not-encouraging\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dropped 13% since last year<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, though, which is interesting to see. The company was granted 1,782 patents in 2025, down from 2,054 in 2024.<\/span><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aufgesang.de\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aufgesang\u2019s<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Head of SEO and AI Search Olaf Kopp monitors new patent publications from Google, Microsoft, and OpenAI every week and manually filters out those that could be interesting.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy analyses focus primarily on general information such as status, countries\/regions where the patents were published, claims, and detailed descriptions,\u201d he said. \u201cPatents that have been published for multiple regions are more exciting, as it is more likely that the methods will also be used in practice.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb95c8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bb95c8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Navigating Google Leaks\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2194422 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2194422\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In May 2024, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/google-algo-leak\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">over 14,000 internal ranking features<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Google\u2019s Content Warehouse API were released by an automated bot. Mike King was one of the first to see these leaked documents after <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sparktoro.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rand Fishkin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shared them with him (after Erfan Azimi shared them with Rand).<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding these leaks is only half the battle, though. The real skill is knowing how to read them without jumping to false conclusions.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-531ecec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"531ecec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">How to Verify a Leak\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6a9931 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6a9931\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ensure what you\u2019re hearing about Google is true, you could cross-reference with official sources such as court testimony, like how the DOJ vs. Google trial confirmed the existence of Navboost and Glue before the leak even happened.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You could also look for deprecation markers. Some leaked features are marked as &#8220;deprecated,&#8221; meaning Google used to use them but doesn&#8217;t anymore, which is crucial to avoid chasing ranking factors.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLeaks are partial snapshots, not documentation,\u201d Metehan said. \u201cI map internal terms, look at defaults, check pipeline order, and cross-validate against real-world behavior and older patents. I never treat leaks as a checklist.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Metehan also warns against optimizing purely for patents or leaks.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI look for invariant behaviors that survive multiple re-rankers, versions, and query types and test those,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m using Gemini APIs a lot, models, embeddings, layout parser, model garden and Vertex AI with grounding, etc. It\u2019s a multimodal world.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google has been sharing pretty much everything research-wise these days, so it\u2019s up to us to find what\u2019s important. Because when it comes to Google\u2019s official information releases, that\u2019s a different story.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cGoogle has been far more forthcoming about how things work on the research side than they have on the PR side to the SEO community,\u201d Mike said.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52242ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"52242ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reading Between the Lines of Google PR\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de97697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de97697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Official communications from Google (via their blogs, social media, or spokespeople) typically serve a specific purpose: to encourage behavior that makes their search engine better while discouraging &#8220;gaming the system.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find the truth, you have to decode the Google-Speak.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google often uses a linguistic technique where they deny a specific term but not the concept to make it \u201ctechnically truthful.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, multiple Googlers like John Mueller and Gary Illyes have said that Google does not use a Domain Authority score. But the 2024 API leak revealed a metric called siteAuthority.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google was &#8220;truthful&#8221; because &#8220;Domain Authority&#8221; is a trademarked term by the SEO company Moz. They don&#8217;t use that specific tool, but they certainly use their own internal version of the same concept.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And most recently, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/searchengineland.com\/google-doesnt-want-you-to-create-bite-sized-chunks-of-your-content-467269\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Danny Sullivan declared<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that no one should be \u201cchunking\u201d their content &#8211; a statement that didn\u2019t really make much sense because <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/misinformation-about-chunking\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it\u2019s been an SEO and UX best practice for years<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to break up walls of text into easy-to-read sections.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-145cfaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"145cfaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/time-on-page-earned-links-comparison-1024x478.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20820\" alt=\"Comparison showing average time on page and earned links between two content formats. Chunked and not chunked\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/time-on-page-earned-links-comparison-1024x478.png 1024w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/time-on-page-earned-links-comparison-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/time-on-page-earned-links-comparison-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/time-on-page-earned-links-comparison-1536x716.png 1536w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/time-on-page-earned-links-comparison.png 1812w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71cb2fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71cb2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But again, Google doesn\u2019t use the specific word \u201cchunking\u201d when making content recommendations so, sure, I guess they\u2019re technically being truthful. It still seemed like a silly statement to make, though, and got a lot of people up in arms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are the times when it\u2019s important to think hard about why they\u2019re saying these things and how it all would benefit Google financially, because that\u2019s Google\u2019s main concern.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When reading a release about Google, ask yourself these questions:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the denial hyper-specific? If they say &#8220;We don&#8217;t use [Metric X] for [Task Y],&#8221; they might still use it for Task Z.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it contradict sworn testimony? Always prioritize information from the DOJ vs. Google trial over a tweet. In court, off-the-record chats are evidence while on X (Twitter) or Reddit, they are PR.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they saying to do as they say and not as they do? Google PR often tries to scare people away from manipulation and those evil Black Hat SEO methods like buying links, even when their own systems like PageRank still rely on them.<\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always keep your reporter hat on when listening to Google, even if you never actually spent three days driving around town trying to get a comment from an avoidant local politician for $12 an hour like some of us did.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, where can we find official information about Google?<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a834b68 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a834b68\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01730a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"01730a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Reliable Primary Sources for Official News\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1770df9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1770df9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To analyze the spin yourself, go directly to the source:<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Search Central Blog<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: For official algorithm naming and policy changes.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/podcasts\/search-off-the-record\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Search Off the Record&#8221;<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Podcast: Where engineers often let slip technical nuances that don&#8217;t make it into the formal blog posts.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/atr\/case\/us-and-plaintiff-states-v-google-llc\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sworn Court Exhibits<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The Justice.gov Antitrust Exhibits are a big source of truth considering that lying there has legal consequences.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-680232a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"680232a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/US-DOJ-1024x922.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-20863\" alt=\"US DOJ antitrust website\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/US-DOJ-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/US-DOJ-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/US-DOJ-768x691.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/US-DOJ-1536x1383.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ipullrank.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/US-DOJ-2048x1843.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f0999bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0999bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s a combination of research and evidence,\u201d Mike said. \u201cYou also have to be mindful that when Google is speaking to the community, they&#8217;re speaking to the average person, not the experts. They\u2019re creating something that answers the question for most people.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike emphasized that there are three different things to look at to figure out the actual truth: your research, what\u2019s in the wild, and what Google is saying.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-424f001 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"424f001\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Googling the Truth\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a8dd395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a8dd395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, just remember that Google is a massive corporation that is not here to help SEOs be more successful and get more clients. Google is here to continue to be massive and rich. Everything they say should be viewed through that lens, no matter how much their statements happen to align with a point you\u2019re trying to make at that moment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, none of these sources are the whole truth on their own. Look at multiple sources, official documents, legal documents, and general research to come to a conclusion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPatents don\u2019t tell you what to do,\u201d Metehan said. \u201cThey tell you what Google struggles with and cares about. That\u2019s where the real insight is. Think from a reverse and relevance engineering perspective.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we move further into 2026, where still-pretty-inaccurate AI Search has become the norm, these detective skills will be more valuable than ever. 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