Google does take quality into account. That's the whole point behind static ranking algorithms. However, quality isn't some universal concept. I'd say the inevi

Google does take quality into account. That's the whole point behind static ranking algorithms. However, quality isn't some universal concept. I'd say the inevitable paper on gravity wave detection is highest quality on it, but it certainly isn't popular because it's impenetrable to the lay masses, unlike say a Wikipedia article, which falls into look-at-me-i'm-oh-so-smart territory when it gets into double gradients and other math formulas with more letters than digits.