Google Backlash Backlash
from the oh-calm-down dept
Yesterday we had an article from Wired talking about some annoyed bloggers complaining that Google's search didn't rank them high enough any more. At the time I said it seemed like just a few people overreacting - and Google still seemed to work great for me. Now, the Register has weighed in with their opinion that the Google "backlash" isn't worth worrying about and even most bloggers who were affected by it don't seem to care about the changes. They also get some interesting quotes from a Google engineer explaining (as we all know) that Google constantly tries to make the search better.
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