obono - 7:10 pm on Dec 25, 2006 (gmt 0)

> Probable search reality: Google currently uses several THOUSAND people to editorialize on the current search indexe. eg: there are a massive amounts of hand checked pages.

<speculation> And every time a page of your site hits a new #1 placement for a competitive term (2 or 3 words) you get that email or call with an inquire related to *that* page -as from a fake user-. If you answer what is expected you keep the #1 spot, otherwise #2. All within hours.</speculation>

Must be the reason for so many white_hat sites being thrown out and having a hard time making it back to the index. Guidelines aside, those sites may have failed to impress the QR.