in theory... (Score 1)

It seems to me, releasing the criteria would, in the long term, result in a more stable system. Not to mention preventing artificial boosting of pages from a certain portal... In the short term, however, there would be chaos. If the technology didn't settle down quickly enough the search engine as a concept might be replaced with something new. On the other hand, with the incredible power of the open-source community, things could gt under control pretty quick.