Should Google give any prior notice before another Google Dance?

Check out this interesting answer on Yedda

Should Google notify specific users before it is doing major changes?

Well, a simple answer would be YES, of course YES and many times YES!!!

It should but it never will for one simple reason - each time waves of Google updates are reaching our shores we tend to react and each Google Dance generates a massive amount of buzz. Roughly four times a year all webmaster forums and blogs are swamped with laments and speculations - Google becomes the sole centre of attention. What more Google can wish for? This massive amount of free PR is too precious to give away.

The only situation I imagine is when Google would be so hard-pressed in its niche that it will simply be forced to be nicer to webmasters and disclose something that is until now a part of its strategical planning. If and when this happens it would only signify to me the beginning of Googles' decline. 

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Answered by LZZR on June 06, 2007

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Google allows you to see who links to you

It's an announcement that shook the world :-) Google allows webmasters to perform self autopsy!
Indeed now you can see all your inbound links and internal links as well but only for sites authorised with Google Webmaster Tools. Well, I checked - it shows much less inlinks that I know about. I am smarter than Google LOL
I did somewhat longer post on this in LZZR.com blog.