trillianjedi - 1:01 pm on Nov 8, 2004 (gmt 0)

Can this happen again?

Can and probably will. Algo tweaking is what Google do.

some suggested google was broken

That was mostly webmasters who'd lost their rankings. Google is never broken, they just sometimes have good SERPS, sometimes have bad SERPS. Whichever it is at any given moment depends on which side of the fence you're sitting.

TJ

PS : A shake up right before the holiday season has to be great for AdWords revenue.