Premise: As surveys have shown that etymological information is the least often sought after, making the average user wade through the etymology before getting to the definition has always seemed pointless and irritating to me; besides, it is unlikely that the serious, consistent seeker of etymological information is likely to use anything but the OED or a major etymological dictionary.

Hypothesis: As a result of the publication of these survey results, many dictionaries chose to relocate the etymology.
Relation: neutral