NovaW - 7:47 am on May 20, 2003 (gmt 0)

I really don't like this state of affairs either - but come on give them a break. I'm guessing that they know what they are doing - perhaps they see a bigger picture that we can only guess at right now?, and even if a screwup was involved - so what? - they are allowed to make screw-ups just like everybody else.

My guess is that when the dust settles - it will look very different. It's hard to believe that good valuable sites that play by the rules will end up shafted after being well recognized by Google in the past. Afterall - Google isn't in the business of promoting crap at the expense of sites that people want to find.