[userbinator]

the current algorithm's obsession with "freshness."

That explains why I've noticed some older sites which are still around, and have plenty of detailed technical information, seem to have disappeared from the search results. Somewhat sad that the "newer is better" mentality appears to have taken over completely... if I really wanted the newest things I'd look at Google News.

[rspeer]

I guess the problem is, there are some technical fields where old means useless. If I'm googling for Javascript libraries, hardware recommendations, or a fix to a package conflict in Ubuntu, I don't want something from 2010.