I suspected, but could not prove, that results were being filtered or manipulated to prevent negative results from appearing, but prior to the election using search terms as “quotes obama affection for rev. wright” and variants of such brought up very little actual data.
In addition, Google overall “seems” to be overwhelmed by the amount of data it has collated, so that (as one who has much Googled for researched for years), it seems i find less quality results and or which prioritize liberal or anti-christian views as compared to the past. But as i said, it sometimes “seems” that way, and objective research would be needed to prove anything like that. But the power to manipulate results, and our reliance upon the integrity of Google, are concerns
Pam’s site in particular was completely wipsed from google’s database. Google has a history of censoring content that it deems unappropriate. Wikipedia has a nice compendium of Google’s record. Make of it what you will. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_by_Google
But the most important area of concern is Google’s involvement with the government, particular the new administration. http://thegadfly.typepad.com/the_gadfly/2008/10/obama-and-googl.html