joeduck - 2:16 am on Jun 8, 2005 (gmt 0)

I agree whippin - I accept GG's word that it's an indirect rating process, but clearly they see it as needed because the algo sometimes (often?) fails to ID sites properly. I don't fault Google for sometimes failing but I do fault them for having poor/slow/no remedies for unfairly punished sites.

As the 800 pound gorilla of search Google has an obligation to communicate effectively with the web community. I fear they are failing to do that, esp. with respect to severely downgraded or unfairly punished sites.