UPDATE! Google Wants Its Own Fast Track on Web

The Wall Street Journal published an article on Monday reporting the details of Google's admitted manipulation of search engine results to reflect its 'editorial criteria.'

Gone, says the Journal, are the days when Google was an unbiased source of search information.

In fact, apparently both Microsoft and Yahoo, in addition to Google, have quietly removed 'network neutrality' from their standards of service.

The freedom to make information available on the Internet is now for sale to the highest bidder.

Google and the other services plan to offer a fast track to the top of their search engine results to those who pay for it. Google could also give preferential treatment to its own services.

The net result of this move could well be the demise of smaller, less affluent sources of information. And large corporations such as Comcast, AT&T, and Verizon would totally dominate search engine results.