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Back in the "10 blue links" day, the organics that showed, above the fold, were driven by factors that didn't include "Google's cut".
Similar for Google shopping. It's predecessor, Froogle, weighted on consumer factors. The replacement does not.
If the organics are basically bad now too, the blame goes to the same place. In fact, crappy organics encourage more ad clicks.
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Back in the "10 blue links" day, the organics that showed, above the fold, were driven by factors that didn't include "Google's cut".
Similar for Google shopping. It's predecessor, Froogle, weighted on consumer factors. The replacement does not.
If the organics are basically bad now too, the blame goes to the same place. In fact, crappy organics encourage more ad clicks.