> what does this have to do with OP OP made the point that Google does not want to address this problem and may even facilitate it (maybe passively). However,

> what does this have to do with OP OP made the point that Google does not want to address this problem and may even facilitate it (maybe passively). However, they have actively prevented progress on search engines that may be more difficult to SEO engineer/hack (because of their specificity) and particularly have prevented people with good vertical search algorithms from building a business (read: actively sabotaged their business). [1] In any case, Google known as well to quash any other small projects that they feel challenges them. [2] [3] [4] [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/magazine/the-case-against-google.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/magazine/the-case-against... and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16420004 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16420004 [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19553941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19553941 web browser [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18566929 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18566929 person's idea taken after interview [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19124324 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19124324 business References [2]–[4] are not specifically important; there are easily a dozen such kind of complaints if you just search for "google" on HN.