Here's a patent application for ranking video articles that Bill Slawski believes will provide insights into Google's future plans. Filed in 2005, the application describes a process to help find
videos on the Web and on television. It also includes information on a fingerprinting technique that could help in ranking videos. The patent tells us about a "'similar image algorithm' to tag frames
in those videos with relevant keywords." Slawski tells us how it applies to rankings.
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