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Re:Ask HN: Competitor is successful with black hat SEO by tyingq on Monday March 20, 2017 @09:20PM (#13919029)
One example of the algorithm deciding a site was a "content farm" https://www.labnol.org/internet/blog-as-content-farm/18750/

By "okay", I mean content written by someone in their first language, with intent to be useful. Not necessarily great, but not intentional filler.

Re:Ask HN: Competitor is successful with black hat SEO by skinnymuch on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:31AM (#13955820)
Thanks. I was a bit skeptical at first. May have sounded like sort of a dick as a result. But thanks for for the link. Cheers!