Tim Bray finally said what I've been meaning to say

Tim Bray had this to say about Google's "intelligent algorithm" in his review of Robert Scoble's Naked Conversations:

Oh, and a quibble. They say: ...in 1988 a couple of Stanford kids came up with Google, which dramatically improved search results by employing intelligent algorithms rather than simple keywords.... Oh, please; all search has been based on dumb algorithms since day one, and so is Google’s; their mojo is based on link-count-based relevance ranking, an idea they were the first to apply, combined with a really user-friendly UI (i.e., less is more) and outstanding operational skills (i.e. it’s fast and reliable).