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I have no evidence of this, but the ad load on the returned results has gotten way higher. In theory, ranking sites that display Google ads higher would be a ve

I have no evidence of this, but the ad load on the returned results has gotten way higher. In theory, ranking sites that display Google ads higher would be a very easy knob for Google to turn to increase profit. The SO scrapers probably have Google ads on them, making them more profitable for Google.

panarky 4y ago
This is a very old conspiracy theory that's been repeatedly debunked. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ranking-factors/google-ads/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ranking-factors/google-a...
- chakkepolja 4y ago
  That link is about AdWords spend by the site in question, and not about displaying AdSense ads on the site. Totally unrelated.
hombre_fatal 4y ago
I ran into so many Stack Overflow "mirrors" yesterday like this: https://www.anycodings.com/1questions/400836/swiftui-update-navigationview-after-deletion-ipad https://www.anycodings.com/1questions/400836/swiftui-update-... 10 years I gave up on a large project where I rehosted and organized dead Usenet forum content because Google's dupe-penalty detector was too good and too aggressive for content that you could barely find beyond a six-year-old cache hit where the origin website was long gone. Meanwhile these Stack Overflow scrapers are just `<html>{copy-and-paste}</html>` and the same domains are still alive despite years of cloning. Looks like it's time to boot my project back up.
- atwood22 4y ago
  It’s clearly not a copy and paste. I just visited that link on my phone and got blocked from viewing because I’m using an ad blocker.
- avipars 4y ago
  Also lots of github scrapers
- skilled 4y ago
  "All Rights Reserved."
Nextgrid 4y ago
Turning the knob one way explicitly might raise some anti-trust concerns, however the same motivation can be used to avoid turning the knob the other way and this can be done much more sneakily without leaving clear evidence - simply don't allocate budget/etc to projects that would turn the knob the other way and you're done.
1597 4y ago
I've noticed this with youtube. Even though I'm on desktop with an adblocker they repeatedly autoplay the same video with a creator embedded crypto promotion at the beginning (especially when it would be plausible to infer I'm asleep from user interaction and clock/watch time). Must be getting a cut (plus scamming the ad buyer).

panarky 4y ago

This is a very old conspiracy theory that's been repeatedly debunked. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ranking-factors/google-ads/ https://www.searchenginejournal.com/ranking-factors/google-a...

chakkepolja 4y ago
That link is about AdWords spend by the site in question, and not about displaying AdSense ads on the site. Totally unrelated.

hombre_fatal 4y ago

I ran into so many Stack Overflow "mirrors" yesterday like this: https://www.anycodings.com/1questions/400836/swiftui-update-navigationview-after-deletion-ipad https://www.anycodings.com/1questions/400836/swiftui-update-... 10 years I gave up on a large project where I rehosted and organized dead Usenet forum content because Google's dupe-penalty detector was too good and too aggressive for content that you could barely find beyond a six-year-old cache hit where the origin website was long gone. Meanwhile these Stack Overflow scrapers are just `<html>{copy-and-paste}</html>` and the same domains are still alive despite years of cloning. Looks like it's time to boot my project back up.

atwood22 4y ago
It’s clearly not a copy and paste. I just visited that link on my phone and got blocked from viewing because I’m using an ad blocker.
avipars 4y ago
Also lots of github scrapers

Nextgrid 4y ago

Turning the knob one way explicitly might raise some anti-trust concerns, however the same motivation can be used to avoid turning the knob the other way and this can be done much more sneakily without leaving clear evidence - simply don't allocate budget/etc to projects that would turn the knob the other way and you're done.

1597 4y ago

I've noticed this with youtube. Even though I'm on desktop with an adblocker they repeatedly autoplay the same video with a creator embedded crypto promotion at the beginning (especially when it would be plausible to infer I'm asleep from user interaction and clock/watch time). Must be getting a cut (plus scamming the ad buyer).