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Jon Udell on why Google is currently biased toward ranking highly "pundits". In the long run, the problem is not with Google, but with a world that hasn't yet caught up with the web. I'm certain that in 10 years, US Senators and Inspectors General will leave web footprints commensurate with their power and influence. This isn't necessarily true, since one's ranking isn't about volume of documents you write, or that others write about you, but rather how many people link to a single such particular document. It would be great if Senators would write something worth linking to, other than a list of campaign contributors...