[jandrese]

Why would Google want to have an aggregator rank high on their search results? They are the middlemen of online news. It seems much better to have the actual article come first so you don't have to click through the link in the header to get to the content you care about.

[sparkzilla]

Yes, that's the reason, and that's why it's a challenge for anyone trying to promote a news aggregator using Google search.