I have no clue on how to respond. Did I patent my website? No. One huge challenge w/ technology like the web is how do you patent an idea (like the algorithm fo

I have no clue on how to respond. Did I patent my website? No. One huge challenge w/ technology like the web is how do you patent an idea (like the algorithm for search or popularity)? Go ahead - patent "x = (1/y)z" or whatever your algorithm is and, while you're doing so, a competitor is creating a website based on a=b(1/c). That sort of thing isn't patentable or, to put it a better way, it isn't defensible if you do patent it. If you are a startup, are you going to sue netscape.com when they come up with a copy of your algorithm (like they did w/ digg)? Nooooo.