aakk9999 - 10:49 pm on Feb 26, 2011 (gmt 0)

analyzing a big name website that was doing a lot quite well - and that IS the way the thread went for a while.... I can assure everyone that our thread did NOT start the Wall Street Journal investigation...

In the hindsight, my feeling is that the OS thread was a some kind of setup. It was almost like someone knew all (or most) answers already at the time of starting it, and when the thread died, it got resurrected only couple of days after JCP article in NYT, and with an answer served on the plate by the user who never posted before nor after. Maybe "they" needed WebmasterWorld members reaction to ensure Google reacts the way it did.