MSN is fastest when indexing new documents. However, after a week, Google inevitably will catch up and index more documents than MSN. Does MSN search engine runs on Iraqi oil?

Search engines are works-in-progress. Compare this to history of Windows – 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.10, 3.11. WfWg, 95, 95OSR2, 98, 98SE, ME, XP and XP-SP2.

Content originality is of prime importance. Fine-tuning with optimized keywords can be done gradually. When search engines become more "human", your site does not need major surgery.

Google’s open-source / software patents dichotomy (contradiction) somehow doesn’t rhyme with their mantra of do-no-evil. This author would very much like to be proven wrong on this matter.

Do not fret over rankings. Intel has a PR10, yet when you search for "cpu" or "microprocessor", guess who never appear in top 10. Doubtless any surfer can find Intel’s site even if Intel is given a PR of -2**256 (the decimal value for this number first appeared on Internet in "A Gentle Introduction to Cryptography").

Consider getting more links as a priority through fair and legal means.

Nothing is more boring than a single item site. Consider adding variety like starting a community project, providing resources for your hobbies or pet issues. Getting visitors with similar interests to visit your site may pay dividends – some may become your customers.

Consider possibility of exchanging links with your competitors – fair competition without rivalry.

For record, this author does not own a single share in any of these three companies. The personal observations are written without fear or favor, based on results obtained by using Open Source Marketing Plan.

Stan Seecrets’ Postulate: "How does any ant bring down a giant – by releasing its toxins into a certain part of giant’s anatomy where sun has hardly shone on." (This is an example of an exploit as defined in field of cryptography – vulnerability.)

Myth 3. Web Content Theft Completely Destroys Your Site's Value to Web Surfers.

Web content theft erodes links of trust that make up web. But it won't completely destroy your site. The web is so vast that even having your content on hundreds of sites does not mean that people will find your site unoriginal and not worth visiting. Just look at how much of any newspaper is "duplicate content" in form of AP feeds.

In short, web content theft is bad, but it's not end of web--that is, unless people let it be.