anax - 3:23 am on Apr 6, 2007 (gmt 0)

I like tedster's thoughtful interpretation very much. And I think this whole situation is the months-long fallout and collateral damage from Google's attempt to filter out splogs:

[webmasterworld.com...]

I admit I haven't read all the relevant threads on 950 effect, etc. Has anyone tried a reverse-engineering perspective in their thinking; i.e., don't ask "Why was my legit site knocked way down," but instead ask, "If I want to filter splogs from my database, how would I go about it?" (Signals of supposed spam, as opposed to signals of quality.)