> It also could be that search quality is no longer their sought after metric, but I find that hard to believe I think a regular, non-adblocked google search m

> It also could be that search quality is no longer their sought after metric, but I find that hard to believe I think a regular, non-adblocked google search may result in almost the entire first page being ads. At this point, the ads are probably more relevant to the average user than whatever seo-spam "top x of y" would have been there on the first page. At least ads lead you to the product directly rather than make you visit another shady ad-infested site in the interim.