You're confusing two Internets. It's understandable, because they have the same name. In one, search engines are advertising platforms, and list reams of cont

You're confusing two Internets. It's understandable, because they have the same name. In one, search engines are advertising platforms, and list reams of content, which is also an advertising platform, designed to solicit revenue in one way or another. In the other, search engines are for finding information, and they list sites that publish helpful/interesting/weird/fun/whatever information for free, in case someone other than the author might like it. Confusing the two leads to disappointment.