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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by brennebeck on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:22PM (#22112323)
Wouldn’t having strong SEO incentive competition to buy ads? Of course it also incentives them to work on SEO, but the only way to ‘get above’ a top ranking site would be to buy an ad, no?
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by Retric on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:44PM (#22112561)
Increasing costs for your competition is a net win for you.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by iudqnolq on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:46PM (#22112574)
And Google
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by Retric on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @05:47PM (#22112590)
Depends on the industry, but if you can profit at lower prices you can force your competition to spend less on advertising. That’s bad for Google.
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Re:Every Google result now looks like an ad by iudqnolq on Tuesday January 21, 2020 @07:31PM (#22113357)
That makes sense. I meant increasing the ad buy spend of a firm's competitors helps Google
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