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Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet by ungreased0675 on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:33AM (#43773331)
When I click a result and see Amazon links, it’s instant back button.

Why can’t Google’s algorithm determine that any page with a list of Amazon affiliate links is 99.999% low quality, low effort blogspam?

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Re:The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet by bityard on Wednesday April 23, 2025 @11:50AM (#43773508)
Because those pages also make Google a lot of money via ads. "Show me the incentives, I'll show you the outcome."
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