europeforvisitors - 8:28 pm on Oct 20, 2007 (gmt 0)

Plus, what's meant by "manipulate"? Search algorithms don't spring out of nowhere. They're engineered to produce a certain type of search results. Someone who sells widgets or operates a thin-affiliate site might complain that Google is "manipulating" search results to favor information sites like Wikipedia or the top review sites, when in fact the algorithm is doing exactly what it was designed to do in light of Google's stated mission.

SIDE NOTE: I get really, really angry when I search for "[destination] travel" in Google Product Search and find maps and guidebooks listed instead of my travel-information site. Google must by manipulating those Product Search results in the hope that information sites will buy more AdWords. :-)

[edited by: tedster at 12:33 am (utc) on Oct. 21, 2007]
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