Robert_Charlton - 8:06 am on Mar 4, 2003 (gmt 0)

The sincerest form of flattery... and, under those circumstance, they did a pretty good job. I actually preferred the appearance of the old site... The "I'm Feeling Lucky" skin took a bit of chutzpah, but maybe, when you're this derivative, it's better to have that kind of reference than not.

Bad: New fonts suck and they took away my ability to change thier size SIGH!

JeremyL - Try the font size adjustment in your browser, just like before fixed CSS sizes... ;) Yes, those paid results are pretty deceptive, aren't they. It's a good thing my monitor is beginning to fade, so I can see the word "sponsored." I'll bet it's just about invisible on a Mac.

What really hits me about the paid results is how, on a 600x800 screen, they exactly fill the browser window. Kind of insidious, I think. Probably one of the reasons for going to a larger default font.

Fast's big problem is still the uneven playing field. When not everybody's indexed, it's really hard to return good results. Also, I've got to think that PFI engines, even if they do update occasionally, have got to have algos that favor their paying customers to keep them subscribing... not on an individual basis, but at least serving the kind of sites that would pay for a lot of pages... and that this kind of skewing is perhaps what messes up ATW's results all the way around.