caveman - 10:05 pm on Oct 3, 2005 (gmt 0)

wiseapple, yes, internal site dup filters are nothing new...and they can relate to all sorts of things. I noted the possibility in this thread [webmasterworld.com] some time ago that templated sites may face problems ... and at the time, took a bit of grief for the notion. Don't take grief for that comment any more. ;p

2by4, right now, nothing in your theory falls apart AFAIK. Possible exception: Brett's ear is close to the ground and neither he nor G has suggested that what happened on or about 9/22 was an update.

Then again, the definition of 'updates' seems to grow cloudier over time, no? Well, for me anyway. ;-)