Orthogonal Terwilliger Accordion

So I go to http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends and check the latest zeitgeist of the American people. What do I find? Apart from the usual “Brooke Burke Bikini” there’s a curious search term “orthogonal terwilliger accordion” near the top of the list.

What the hell.

After a few minutes of research, I find out that this is because of Google SearchWiki which is “the feature allows anyone searching whilst signed into their Google account to modify the search results page. Search results can be bumped up the rankings, so that when you next search for the exact same term, your chosen page appears at the top of the page. Sites can also be added to the top of the rankings, if you find a site that best suits your search terms.” (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/238167/google-turns-on-the-searchwiki.html)

Google is departing from its roots – search results based purely on algorithm. Larry Page and Sergey Brin had always been steadfast in their resolve not to pollute the Google’s vaunted search results with well, human input.

And then this.

IF IT AIN'T BROKE, DON'T FIX IT.