> because loads of people that knew it was good would link to it because it was just that good of a comprehensive resource This is exactly why w3schools is at

> because loads of people that knew it was good would link to it because it was just that good of a comprehensive resource This is exactly why w3schools is at the the top of search results, and exactly why the http://w3fools.com http://w3fools.com was started -- because there are a ton of developers out there that think that w3schools is authoritative, correct, and kept up to date and link to it and use it. At one time it seemed to fill a niche, but no longer, and the cycle needs to be broken. In the meantime, unless you do some kind of sentiment analysis (and arbitrary changes based on the leanings of google, which you seem to be classifying as a bad thing), pagerank at least would probably conclude that the internet still loves w3schools. > whether it's even possible for a small guy to come up top in the results like that w3schools is actually about as small guy as you can get. They may have ubiquity, but it's run by like two people. > I know I'm missing out on a lot of honest good web content that Google simply isn't showing me. Yes, but there is too much good web content out there for you to see in your lifetime anyway. Meanwhile, defining "good" based on a nebulous query is kind of the crux of the whole problem, isn't it? I'm not convinced there is an answer.