cgallent - 6:48 pm on Sep 4, 2003 (gmt 0)

My take is a little different. First, it was the "early adopters" who took Google from nothing to primetime. The reason Google was great is that it tended to filter out the garbage and offered stable results for a certain period of time. Then the new update went into affect.

Now, Google has exposed it's Achille's heel. They are becoming like everyone else. I did a search yesterday morning and then the same search yesterday evening and had two different sets of results. Those of us who are the "early adopters" of technology will get fed up with Google and move to a more stable environment for searching if they don't get their act straight. We will then take our friends, family and partners with us - much like we all did when Google came on board.

If I want mixed and varied results, I'll do my searching at AltaVista. I still prefer Google, but my patience is running thin. And, they better watch out. They were built through viral marketing and it can take them down.

Plus, Google better come to grips with the fact that websites will be optimized regardless of wether they like it or not. They are better off with SEO's than without.