lucy24 - 1:53 am on Jan 20, 2012 (gmt 0)

This algorithmic change noticeably affects less than 1% of searches globally. That means that in less than one in 100 searches...

Inquiring minds want to know: Has g### just let slip an insight into how they work? Do you get rewarded for saying the exact same thing two times in a row? Or for assuming the reader is stupid and/or mathematically illiterate?

I love the word "globally". The smaller your country's average monitor size-- translation: the poorer your country-- the more searches will be affected. Or, wait, do I mean "the richer your country"? Are mobile searches included?