Dear Google;
Hey, this search engine thing looks like it may just stick! Sure am glad you guys were sharp enough to do this.
I see a lot of complaints about buying and selling links, and page rank issues. In general, my thinking is that if they don't like the weather, they should relocate! Links seem to be the focus of this whole issue, so I have a suggestion:
Stop grading by links at all!
The structure being used now was great when there were a lot fewer sites, and a lot less people prowling the web, but now it seems to be getting a little obsolete.
There are a lot of people who have figured out ways to manipulate those links, and thereby get better rank which seems to lead to better placement in some cases. I realize that the better placement is not always the outcome of better rank, and less so all the time. I see a lot of sites that have little to no page rank listed above sites with pretty high page rank, which begs the question:
What purpose does it serve?
A lot of the high ranking sites have almost no important information on them, and a lot have a lot of links because they have a lot of people drop in to see which starlet is in the gutter at the moment, but that hardly seems to be as important as some other issues.
What I would like to see, is a method that would produce search results based solely on the importance of content. It almost seems as if you are already heading in that direction. I know that would lower the rank of a lot of ecommerce sites, and the latest drunk starlet sites, but it would provide true quality results for the end user. Of course, there would be a lot of SEO's out of work, but they are sharp people and could come up with something I am sure.
I have no ideas on how to write such a program, but you guys seem to have half the PHD's on the planet working for you, and I am sure they can figure it out. Anyway, keep up the good work, you provide a great service, and I just wanted to offer a suggestion for making it better, and drop it in your suggestion box.
James
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