> What will that mean for bona fide quality sites? I probably know what you mean by quality, because we’re in the same demography: sites that offer free, unobs

> What will that mean for bona fide quality sites? I probably know what you mean by quality, because we’re in the same demography: sites that offer free, unobstructed reading material and software on any subject, technical or prose. Sites maintained mainly by individuals, universities, interest groups, source forges. There will always be a market for those sites, but they’re a little harder to find via Google lately. There was a time before Google was great, and it was an exciting time, too. What Google will continue to do great is provide a platform for quickly finding things you can pay money for. The only time I search Google is when I prefix the query with “buy”. I can be sure that the companies most interested in selling me this have put in ads, and price comparison and review sites have gamed the SEO.