tedster - 3:58 am on Jan 5, 2008 (gmt 0)

It is now called a "reconsideration" request, indicating that it can also be used for urls that are indexed but may be unfairly penalized. At the same time, I appreciate that a complaint about an "unjust" #6 ranking is quite likely to fall on deaf ears at Google. If Matt Cutts "isn't aware" of any algo feature that would create this behavior, it's unlikely that the troops who monitor the requests will know more.