Originally Posted by Jel

G got so worried about affiliates, and 'thin' sites (even though by the very nature of what thin affiliate sites are, and the backlinking work to rank for those terms, they are actually 100% bang on what the surfer is looking for, just 1 click further away), that they tweaked so much to make sure what *they* think should be ranked (ie anything but affiliate sites, when it comes to digital content) would be. But just like pretty much every single 'hey it's the new and improved recipe!' that ever happened, things taste shittier than ever, from every single angle.