jbgilbert - 10:05 pm on May 10, 2006 (gmt 0)

rohitj

Remember, I started with "looks like" and it's only my opinion -- I have never had the opportunity to discus "ranking algorithms" with 30 Google engineers...

You are absolutely correct in saying "I am presuming that because of there large size it takes longer to implement new technology", but your statement: "my understanding is that they still advocate small teams" has a flaw inherent to their new size...

When Google was ONLY Sergey and Larry working on the algorithm, that was a small team!

Only presuming now, so don't shoot me here when I say that the current "small team" is huge compared to just the two geniuses and founders.