MrSavage - 9:41 pm on Sep 25, 2011 (gmt 0)

Okay I just completed watching that hearing video. The big bombshell was near the end. Yes, it was regarding the algo and the fact that nobody at the hearing knows anything about it. The suggestion was that a group goes in, looks at what is going on, and it's kept in private. That to me, is perhaps the single biggest moment, yet it's barely made a ripple. I think overall people underestimate the power of an algo when you combine that with search market dominance.

I'm not suggesting that Google is cooking results or aren't trying for the best possible and most relevant results. The issue I'm bringing up is whether the algo can be set to such a high level that the majority of free traffic goes to a few websites whereas before it was the a majority of the free traffic went to many websites. That's my version of what Panda is. Case in point? Wikipedia. The only solution to declining organic traffic is? Adwords, or one of those other many online ad solutions...