Google has defended recent changes to its search system that reduced the prominence of some popular websites.

Microsoft whinging again. I'm just glad Google went ahead with this change because I was on the verge of giving up using it due to the amount of crap coming from the likes of Ciao. These kinds of sites should quite rightly be pushed to the background as they offer virtually no useful information about any of the searches that brought them up.

These content farms are the worst kind of sites on the internet. They offer nothing new, no unique content and all they are are holding pens for other advertisers. Good riddance to them!