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Ask HN: Is it true that Google search prioritizes websites with Google Ads?
- 0xmohit 2y agoDoes https://ads.google.com/intl/en_us/home/campaigns/search-ads/ https://ads.google.com/intl/en_us/home/campaigns/search-ads/ answer your question?
- electroagenda 2y agoMy question is about the websites that have installed google ads sense. Let's say that my question does not cover the content that is directly sponsored with the search results.
- smt88 2y agoNo. Google does not intentionally publish details of their search ranking algorithm.
- bag_boy 2y agoIs this in response to the recent leak?
- electroagenda 2y agoI have heard this lots of times. I just wonder if it is true. Did not know anything about a leak, to be honest.
- smt88 2y agoAbsolutely. The only reason it would be false is if: - Google cared more about search quality than their ad business - This kind of self-dealing were illegal, easily-prosecuted, and heavily fined - Google were an ethical company We know that all three of these are false, so we should assume Google is self-dealing. We've caught them (and every other large tech firm) doing it repeatedly.
- poniko 2y agoI do know a great deal of sites that rank higher without ads compared to compeditors that do have ads ... but anecdotes are worthless and the only one who can answer are the people at google search.