BeeDeeDubbleU - 7:55 am on Oct 5, 2004 (gmt 0)

The answer to that question is a simple one. It exists to thwart SEOs and their manipulation of Google's index.

With respect, I think not. If I were in charge at the 'plex and I asked my people to come up with something to thwart SEOs and this was the result I would sack the person responsible.

Remember that "Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful."

You don't do that by excluding all new sites from the results for a period of eight months or more. I still think that it may be a fault and it's existence should be publicised to force them into a comment. Doesn't anyone have the influence to get it into the press? Brett?