Here's a follow-up article about the earlier article on NY Times. The blog is titled "SCAM".
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/02/technology/02ranking.html?src=me
Great job Google with getting on the ball. They announced an updated algorithm 3 days after an article ran about a man breaking their system. They had to have started work as soon as that story ran. Then, they ran a follow-up in the same media showing that they fixed the problem. How did no one think about the problem of negative publicity making someone's site higher up on their search engine when Google is probably chalk full of brilliant minds? Or maybe they just thought that no one could break such a dominating system. People shouldn't abuse a free resource like Google when we are lucky enough to have it at our fingertips. But I am happy to hear that Google fixed the problem immediately. If something like the first article would have lasted a while and gained more publicity, Google could have some seriously angry customers. They nipped it in the bud! This new,improved Google will be a great benefit to most all users.
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