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I agree with the author re: results being useless, but strongly disagree on the motivation. Google doesn’t show crappy results to optimize adwords, blackhat SE
by nikanj 5y ago
I agree with the author re: results being useless, but strongly disagree on the motivation.
Google doesn’t show crappy results to optimize adwords, blackhat SEO hackers force their crap onto the fromt page.
The whole thread after the first tweet seems to assume Google is behind this, when in reality their failure comes from not successfully blocking the spammers
- redisman 5y agoOh poor Google. If only they had the resources to combat it
- nikanj 5y ago” What would a paid version of Google Search results look like - where Google can just try to give me the best possible results and not be worried about generating revenue?” The author seems to genuinely believe Google is not combatting it, but trying to generate revenue via showing lame results
- Nextgrid 5y agoGoogle generates revenue via ads (or analytics, which helps Google target ads down the line), which lame results often include. Downranking ad-supported websites in favour of ad-free one would cull a lot of spam and would be trivial to do, but yet Google isn't doing it. Curious right?