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They used to. For most of the '00s Google'd noticeably exhibit a kind of wave pattern: webspam would creep onto page 1 of results, more and more, then abruptly
by wharvle 3y ago
They used to. For most of the '00s Google'd noticeably exhibit a kind of wave pattern: webspam would creep onto page 1 of results, more and more, then abruptly vanish. Repeat. Cycle of, IDK, a few months.
To all external appearances, Google simply gave up on this cat-and-mouse game around '08 or '09. Big sites get ranked high (whatever changed seemed to give those a huge boost, around that time), everything past that's mostly webspam.