In agreement with the article, it is worth everyone knowing that Google isn't acting like a peer-reviewed source, and it has decided not to be a filter for what

In agreement with the article, it is worth everyone knowing that Google isn't acting like a peer-reviewed source, and it has decided not to be a filter for what qualifies as academically worthy content. As a scholar, you should know what journals are reliable and which are not. Google scholar, because it doesn't insist on peer-reviewed articles, is actually stronger because one can find the state-of-the-art papers that haven't been published anywhere yet. In that sense, it's more of a tool built for active researchers than undergrad/high school projects.