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While Google did what they did...the wsws position seems totally self-serving. There is simply zero evidence this new algorithm Google is using did anything but prioritize "authoritative" sources over political ones. The MIA, which I'm involved with, was also effected *some*...we were pushed down several spaces when entering in "Trotsky" or "Lenin". So what? Wsws is arguing it was aimed *at them* in particular. What BS!!! The example they use was also "Leon Trotsky" and their web site didn't show up until page 2 or 3 of the google search. Why would it *ever* show up since there are web sites that present Trotsky far more often...such as the MIA...than wsws. They *assume* falsely I believe, that this whole thing was targeted at them. It wasn't at least I haven't seen any merit in what they are arguing. On the other hand the Google search pattern now is geared toward "institutional" results. That's highly unfortunate and places or pushes political groups down the list, though not eliminated, in the casual users search. what wsws doesn't get, is that if someone would normally associate wsws with "Leon Trotsky", then the search string to enter is "Leon Trotsky wsws.org". This is true for any site you know carries date you are interested in on any topic. When it is done this way the first results returned are for the web site in question. David _________________________________________________________ Full posting guidelines at: http://www.marxmail.org/sub.htm Set your options at: http://lists.csbs.utah.edu/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
