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		ungreased0675 on April 23, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Gruen Transfer is consuming the internet 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?

bityard on April 23, 2025 [–]

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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