[founderling]

I don't think the articles premise is that Google axed all content older then 5 years or so. But that it gradually discards old unique content.

Which goes against the original mission of Google to "organize the world's information and make it universally accessible".

A "bug" could be an option, but I don't expect that to be the reason. It's too easy to find examples of forgotten content. And I don't think a bug of that magnitude in Googles core business would go unnoticed.

[misterman0]

>> Googles core business

Which core business are you referring to?

[dx034]

Search. They still form a major part of their business. Through direct ad revenues but also to redirect traffic to other Google products (e.g. Maps, Youtube).