I have noticed that Google and Bing seem to present results which link to sites like stackoverflow.com where the questions and solutions are absolute FUD.

I think someone or an entity has been engaged in a consertive effort to manipulate the results if its not something more nefarious in Google and Bing's domain.

Very few entities have the resources to do this either, its not something a ragtag band of goat herders could, thats for sure!