There Must Be a Problem
If you type in "Christopher Reeve wheel chair" into Yahoo, the entry I wrote on him is #1. More than the popularity of my blog, I think this says something about the quality of search results.
On a partial side note, it is interesting to think about the effects that search quality has on the world since 80% of people (I think that's accurate) use search engines to find information online. Webmasters who understand how search engine algorithms work can push their information to the forefront as opposed to quality information naturally pushing itself to the top.