Craig, I'm with you on the intent thing, I just think it is actually
really hard for google to spot intent and I know when googlebot makes
mistakes it can be painful... I think making guidelines like these
make it even harder for webmasters who do land in the doghouse to know
what to fix and what not to fix. I should go add this to the
'suggestions for webmaster central post' though, as essentially my
problem is not with the guidelines but giving webmasters the
information they need to make the fixes they have to. Some kind of
information like 'googlebot might be having a problem with *list of
items*' would be perfect - hey I can engage in wishful thinking
right? :)