Absolutely. 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.
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Absolutely. 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.