Google may not be quite as good as it used to be

Despite what you may have read recently about the changes with Google's PageRank ratings this is not the reason that the service we know as Google isn't quite as effective as it used to be.

The real reason was has been discovered by NewsBiscuit with the shock article, 'Disillusioned' Mr Google resigns:
Ken Google, whose hard work and long hours made him a household name to the worldwide online community has resigned from single-handedly running the Google search engine, citing ‘overwork and increasing disillusion with the public use of the internet’ as his reasons.



Mr Google, 43, had been the power behind the ‘www.google.com’ website since 2001. ‘It started as a bit of a hobby, but it just got out of hand’ he explained. Ken often found himself working 23 hour shifts from his one-bedroom flat in Stafford town centre looking things up at lightning speed in an extensive collection of encyclopedias, dictionaries and 1960s ‘I-Spy’ handbooks. ‘I used to get a real buzz out of being the most efficient person on the net’, he said this morning. Terry Yahoo and I used to have this friendly rivalry going, and we’d meet every other Friday for a couple of pints at the Kings Arms and discuss some of our favourite searches.’
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Read the full article and then think on when you complain that the Google isn't as good as it was!

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