randle - 3:29 pm on Sep 30, 2004 (gmt 0)

Its one hell of a side effect thats for sure.

Right now, and for the past 7 months, it's been virtually impossible for someone to launch a new web site and then monetize any amount of significant organic traffic from it.

You just might be right because it's hard for me to believe that is the master plan at the Googleplex.