Lorel - 3:31 pm on Sep 1, 2005 (gmt 0)

Many complaints in here can be resolved if the webmasters concerned took a long, hard look at their own sites. ;)

right on! Some of the sites in this thread have validtion erros in the multiple hundreds and other serious technical problems that are the more likely culprit.

I manage over 30 websites and NONE of them have dropped in rank over the last few years. Why? Because I keep all the pages validated and design sites with no technical blockers thwarting the search engines.

All this complaing about Google being the bad buy reminds me of what I'm seeing with the looters hit by Hurricane Katrina--they claim their looting is everone's fault but their own. When the real reason they are in dire straits is because THEY WEREN'T PREPARED when they had plenty of warning that this disaster would occur someday.

Validate! Validate!
And remove technology blockers detering search engines.