cabos - 3:36 am on Mar 28, 2004 (gmt 0)

I recently spoke to someone at Yahoo search and am convinced now that the problems most penalized sites are facing was not done intentionally by Yahoo.

They are surprised by the huge problem that has been created and am sure they are working to figure out the best way to address the "real" problem of legitimate, high quality sites being penalized.

At the same time, they need to be certain that the changes they make dont open the flood gates to the real spam sites they are trying to keep out of the index.

Based on the conversation with Yahoo Im convinced that the problems faced by legitimate, quality sites being penalized will be addressed. They are fully aware that people's livelihoods are seriously affected by them not showing up in search results.

While Yahoo's goal is to maximize profits, I sensed that they are sincere in their efforts to ensure that high quality, valuable sites show up well in their organic results.