Sites that *would have* ranked high in Google

Google Dance Syndrome Strikes Again by Danny Sullivan

"There's been a new outbreak of Google Dance Syndrome, causing some web sites last month to lose top positions for some search terms. However, unlike previous outbreaks, a "cure" exists that makes it easy to compare results from "old" to "new" Google. These comparisons have some marketers convinced that recent changes at Google are designed to boost ad sales, a charge Google flatly denies."

Take a look at search engine consultant, David Kelly's analysis. He talks about Google's attempt to force sites that go after revenue producing keywords into paid advertising. Do a search on the example key-phrases yourself... is something fishy going on here?

Check out SCROOGLE while you're at it too. It lists the links that are missing from the top 100, including the position they would have occupied *without* this new filter.