BallochBD - 3:55 pm on Jan 30, 2004 (gmt 0)

<Google is still the big kahuna on my referrer list.>

No one is disputing this but this thread is about the quality of their search results, which most people are agreed are much worse than they were before the update. This is clearly not a satisfactory performance from the big kahuna.

The fact that they are ignoring this fact makes the situation even harder to swallow. Their public face seems to suggest that they are very happy with the Florida outcome and oblivious to the harm they have done. They deserve to get screwed for that alone.

For those of you who don't already know, in the IPO watch forum there is a thread called "Google to delay IPO". This is based on a report in Yesterday's London Times, quote, "The Times has learnt that Google’s management, headed by Eric Schmidt, the chairman and chief executive, has grown wary about the timing of a float because market conditions are not right." Full article here: [timesonline.co.uk...]

Market conditions my a$$! My view is that they are getting lots of negative feedback, which may snowball if they decide to go ahead with the IPO right now. If enough noise is made about this just watch then quiver!

Europeforvisitors - you may be doing well right now but what happens when the next update. let's call it Hades, makes your site(s) bomb? Would you still be a fan?

Incidentally, has anyone seen any press or media reports about this latest debacle?