I have been designing websites for 15 years now both freelancing and in full time jobs.

It seems to be a common belief among the general web users that Web designers/developers have the miraculous ability to place their sites at the top of the results for their keywords in a snap.

My answer to that is: We don't edit Google.

Anybody who knows me knows that I despise IE6 with a passion. Long before the big names stopped supporting IE6 I was already preaching the "Let it die a horrible death" bit. Not that I don't understand the logistics of doing so or the interaction between designer and client or that the audience target is different for every project. I know that each case is a case BUT I also know that once put in a situation where they can either jump to safety or fall to their demise, people will take the chance jumping.