Did anyone else lose a bunch of SE rankings around the 21st and just now getting them back?
 

:mad::error

nope. actually made some headway last few days.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-sum

The internet is not a zero sum game per se. It's quite evident that new users are added each day at a faster pace than old people are dying away from the Internet. Because of that, the definition for a zero sum game does not apply which would invalidate your statement of "your loss, my gain". Also, just because a user doesn't come to me, don't necessarily mean he's going elsewhere. He might be logging off and go to the beach instead.

But why am I even trying to argue statistics here?

No really? I thought there would just be a blank space where my Google listings used to be. :1orglaugh

i am talking about search results.

but why am i discussing this with someone who didn't even read the thread?

up and down :)