I would expand on that to say that Google's algorithm no longer has anything to do with showing you the best results. It has been altered or adjusted to show yo

I would expand on that to say that Google's algorithm no longer has anything to do with showing you the best results. It has been altered or adjusted to show you or get you to click on the most ads. It's the same thing Facebook did with its feed, except that Google isn't, generally, monetizing platform engagement (though YouTube certainly is). So yes, it's some part SEO, but it's also Google biasing things that aren't actually the 'best' results for what you're searching for in order to show more ads.