PBS’ Mark Glaser has a outstanding analysis about the erotic blogs that went missing in Google, has great quotes from Matt Sutts, violet blue and Danny Sullivan:

So what if a few sex blogs drop down in Google search results? The problem is that with so much power concentrated in one company, Google, one small mishap has the potential to punish small independent blogs or web businesses that depend on Google-generated traffic. In late 2003, Google performed what was called the Florida Update on its search index, which caused small businesses such as FindGreatLawyers.com and Unforgettable Honeymoons to lose their ranking on relevant Google search terms. (Read about those case studies and more in this great story on SearchEngineWatch.)

He links to Google, Danny Sullivan and Google’s Webmaster Central, then forgets to link to the erotic blogs in question. Feh.

OK, Mark (or his intern, or whoever was formatting his post) , it’s Comstock Films (http://www.comstockfilms.com/) and Pretty Dumb Things (http://prettydumbthings.typepad.com/), got it?

Feh.

Update: Please go visit the PBS Ombudsmen’s form and tell them to update the links.

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