It's not a "good" solution. It's barely a solution at all. I couldn't agree with you more; it's a stupid problem to have and one that shouldn't exist. It seems

It's not a "good" solution. It's barely a solution at all. I couldn't agree with you more; it's a stupid problem to have and one that shouldn't exist. It seems like the time is ripe for either a Google-killer to emerge in the next couple of years, or for Google to improve themselves in the same amount of time. Personally I believe that decent competition would be the healthiest way, but let's not kid ourselves; as soon as one search engine starts being used by a decent proportion of users, the SEO blackhats are going to try and game it just as much as they do with Google.