Google's At It Again - Messing About in Public!

The dotcomicide web site and dozens of other authoritative sources have reported that someone has hacked Google's search result algorithms using a technique called "meta refresh". Now isn't that just lovely? WebMasterWorld and dozens of other sites are also now reporting the disastrous outcome of what appears to be the latest Google indexing engine update (which WebMasterWorld has dubbed "Bourbon" for obvious reasons).

As of this writing, Google suddenly does not consistently place product manufacturer or actual content creator web sites at the top of the search results. As of May 20th, high-value AdWords advertisers seem to be either first or very high on the first page in all the results (even though some keywords from a search are missing from the result), while private AdSense customer pages are being pushed way down in the results. Essentially, without warning or explanation, Google appears to have dramatically reduced its AdSense payouts, dramatically increased its AdWords income, and seriously reduced the accuracy of its search results. Way to go guys! More . . .