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> Google has dealt with web spam by replacing it with their own ads. This. Google are not interesting in protecting us web users from SEO, but themselves (or
by alphadevx 11y ago
> Google has dealt with web spam by replacing it with their own ads.
This.
Google are not interesting in protecting us web users from SEO, but themselves (or more specifically their core ad business). After all why would you pay for Google ads if you could just get free traffic from Google via SEO techniques? So SEO is the logical competitor to Google.
- johnward 11y agoI also believe this. Almost all updates to the search engine seem to be to drive SEOs towards adwords. It's not about protecting users, it's about profit.