Early yesterday a friend of ours over at a domain asset organization started a thread on webmasterworld about a strange new occurance within the search engines. As he typed in several broad terms he found that the majority of new rankings for these terms are large brands which did NOT use to rank for these terms. Another friend saw his website for student loans drop from 3 to page 7 and larger banks like wells fargo ect are now present. The possibility that Google has changed their algorithms to allow larger brands a massive advantage over the little guys is something of much debate. It is an ethical question and an important milestone in our American search engine industry.
The very foundation of the internet is communication and to give everyone an equal voice and at least the opportunity of equality. This algo shift in many peoples opinion has now made way for a 180 degree turn around from the google we all know and love. I guess you could call it the Commie update put forth by our good friend.