That's not quite analogous, because in this situation the ad-seller is also claiming to be the teacher. Google's mission is to return the most relevant content whenever you search. If they succeed at that, then every time you search for something, you will get the most relevant stuff as the top few organic search results. The ads will therefore just be noise; the organic search results will be exactly what you want.
Exactly this. Organic search always wins, while ads distract. I've never stopped finding ads to be the not-so-poor-man's way of not bothering to be good at SEO. I tend to view them as a rough analogue to a traffic camera ticket--do nothing to improve the public interest, and basically allow people who can afford it to not bother about playing by or learning the rules.
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That's not quite analogous, because in this situation the ad-seller is also claiming to be the teacher. Google's mission is to return the most relevant content whenever you search. If they succeed at that, then every time you search for something, you will get the most relevant stuff as the top few organic search results. The ads will therefore just be noise; the organic search results will be exactly what you want.
Exactly this. Organic search always wins, while ads distract. I've never stopped finding ads to be the not-so-poor-man's way of not bothering to be good at SEO. I tend to view them as a rough analogue to a traffic camera ticket--do nothing to improve the public interest, and basically allow people who can afford it to not bother about playing by or learning the rules.