tedster - 10:52 pm on Oct 2, 2011 (gmt 0)

I just found this little nugget whilst search for something completely unrelated. #2 Post from Google employee: [google.com...] That's pretty clear admission they are hitting sites they don't mean to imo.

That particular Googler (Pierre Far) has been posting here recently [webmasterworld.com], too - usually very helpful and clarifying contributions.

Yes, Google's algorithms have always made false positives (sometimes they also get called "edge cases, I think). I've always appreciated their willingness to publicly admit this, and to correct the problems they learn about - even for the "little guy."