'Googlearchy' refuted

An effect benefitting less popular sites?

[larryhatch]

An interesting article from Bela Dume' of Physicsweb:

[physicsweb.org...]

"There is a widespread belief that search engines create a vicious cycle by
making well known pages more and more popular at the expense of new ones ..
this presumed phenomenon, sometimes called 'googlearchy',
has been widely discussed .. our findings contradict this picture."

- LH