sunflower12 - 12:05 pm on Jul 28, 2005 (gmt 0)

"However, it also appears that some non-scraper sites have been included in this purge (including my own). My site has been active for 5 years and is based on unique content.

Has anyone else been effected by this, and does google intend to refine the algorithm to stop valid, unique content sites from falling victim?"

Yes I have been affected and I am devastated. For 4 years in top ten for all keywords. Also in DMOZ. A site where articles are written everyday about a specific topic. Now I have no pagerank, no cache and no backlinks. I am nowhere!