Yes, this is because Google isn't optimizing their search results to return you the information you want, but rather to optimize their revenue. Showing you regu

Yes, this is because Google isn't optimizing their search results to return you the information you want, but rather to optimize their revenue. Showing you regurgitated spam sites like wikihow and pinterest means you go back to the search results to find something relevant, which increases the probability you click on an ad. Furthermore, if they show you spam sites, which also have google ads on them, then you're more likely to click on an ad and give google money than if they show you wikipedia, which doesn't have ads. They don't want you to go to wikipedia, because it won't make them any money. They are sacrificing their product quality for profit. This is the general trend in corporations with a fiduciary responsibility to their shareholders, rather than their customers. In this case, the customer is the ad buyer, not the searcher, so those of us looking for things are actually 4th in line for prioritization, as it's like this: Shareholders come first Ad buyers come second Ad real estate providers third Searchers forth We need a search engine where the search results are the product, rather than the people searching. We are the product being sold to the Ad buyers.