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Is Google Attempting To Force Site Owners Into AdWords?

         

RedBar

1:07 pm on Apr 1, 2019 (gmt 0)

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We've all seen it, extremely poor quality pages ranking extremely well for popular widget keyword searches.

What is it that Google likes/prefers about these pages when there are far superior pages that Google could rank? I am not simply referring to my pages in my industry, there are some darned good sites in my industry, well structured, well optimised, quality images and good, relevant information, yet all too often I see precisely the opposite for the more valuable/popular keyword searches.

Obviously Google's data will tell them the most popular keyword searches for almost any industry therefore is Google deliberately ranking quality pages much lower to try and force those site owners into AdWords?

Honestly, I'm fed-up of seeing such bad results as and when I use Google, not very often apart from checking their SERPs these days, however what do you think?

Do you see a notable bias for your industry's more popular keywords v the not so popular?

RedBar

3:33 pm on Apr 22, 2019 (gmt 0)

WebmasterWorld Senior Member 10+ Year Member Top Contributors Of The Month



Or probably even worse, only "recommending" their own product(s) or the one(s) that is/are paying G the most commission!
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