europeforvisitors - 3:50 pm on Mar 11, 2007 (gmt 0)

I would be surprised if Google didn't tweak the code to ensure meeting their quarterly earnings goals...

OK, but why are some publishers hurting while others are doing better? We keep hearing "Google must be taking a bigger cut of the payout," but the disgruntled members who make such accusations are never able (in fact, they hardly ever try) to provide a convincing answer to that simple, obvious question.

Those who want to rationalize everything in Google's favor can continue to do so until there's no reason to bother any more. For the rest of us, I think questioning authority (especially when it has a direct effect on one's livlihood) is a worthwhile endeavor.

Nobody here is trying to "rationalize everything in Google's favor." But some of us think that accusations should be accompanied by hard evidence, not just by angry rhetoric.

I can imagine EFV and others during revolutionary times defending the practices of King George and the British government, or worse, as willing subjects in Germany during the 1930s.

Hey, if you want to use that kind of analogy, I can imagine certain fearless members making unsupported allegations about WMD and yellowcake uranimum just so they can have an excuse for a war. :-)

If one wishes to accept the edicts of authority without question, one should be willing to accept the consequences. Since I am not willing to do so, I protest.

Rick, you've been threatening to dump AdSense for how long now...a year? two? Maybe it's time to show The Man that you're serious.