Google didn't get this far without providing much better search results than the competition for a while. I agree result quality has been declining for a while

Google didn't get this far without providing much better search results than the competition for a while. I agree result quality has been declining for a while now, and the incentives of an ad and data business don't line up with providing quality search, but that hasn't always been the case. Search before Google was much more rudimentary. Where they are today doesn't change that fact.