Yep, and there's not much google can do about it as every metric can be gamed. Remember the "upvote this thread so that this image is the first result when sear

Yep, and there's not much google can do about it as every metric can be gamed. Remember the "upvote this thread so that this image is the first result when searching for [politicians name]" campaigns on Reddit the past 6 years? =P