I think the issue is that these crappy results are kind of good for revenue. It’s not just organic results impacted but all the affiliate ads. Google is smart

I think the issue is that these crappy results are kind of good for revenue. It’s not just organic results impacted but all the affiliate ads. Google is smart so I assume they crunched the numbers and figured out they make more money from people filtering through crappy results that include viewing and clicking ads than by surfacing good content. I think Google is optimizing for ad revenue, not for good search.