Hi Jaan
Well we see things in the same way on a great many issues surrounding
SEO and the more inane workings of Google.
I have also found, and feel this could help a lot of others, is there are very solid feelings about the TLD of a domain.
If you are in the UK and selling products that only are delivered in the UK then your website may do better in converting to sales if you use the .co.uk TLD as opposed to .com
I am also wondering if others see this same thing in their countries??
Peace