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There’s a simple reason there’s so much SEO spam: Adsense. Maximizing ad profit on search traffic necessitates more paid ads, both on search results page and t
by xivzgrev 2y ago
There’s a simple reason there’s so much SEO spam: Adsense.
Maximizing ad profit on search traffic necessitates more paid ads, both on search results page and the web pages. They won’t say that directly of course but that’s what we’ve seen play out over last 20 years.
Vague metrics like “good user experience” get trumped by hard metrics like total $ / search.
- rustcleaner 2y agoOne blind spot I missed: advertising and telemetry activity are to count strongly in the commercial score. When I slide the Commercial slider to zero, only web pages which there are no obvious detectable ways for the host or author to make money from showing me the page should be returned. Bad behavior stems from the drive to make money. Make a search where it is impossible to make money by being a result in the search (especially if a Commercial slider is slid to low or zero).