>-----Original Message-----
>From: piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU [mailto:piclist-bounces@MIT.EDU] 
>On Behalf Of Russell McMahon
>Sent: 20 June 2007 13:47
>To: PIC List
>Subject: [OT] Google's brain is dying
>
>
>Jeanette need only read the last few lines. Balance optional:
>
>I've noted that Google's search capabilities seem to be getting 
>squishier over time. Results which do not contain all the search terms 
>seem to be creeping towards the top of the heap (quite apart from 
>obviously sponsored ones) and it seems harder to craft searches to 
>eliminate the rubbish.
>
>But, now it seems to be going blind.

It's been happeneing for a while IMO.  Either the Google spider is being more selective about which bits of a website it will keep, or more likely the increasingly commercial bias is suppressing search results in some way.

Mike

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