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by crdoconnor 3148 days ago
>The entire job of a search engine is to return relevant results.

Their job is to make money. When the user is searching with an intent to buy it doesn't pay to return the most relevant results, it pays to return the most profitable results.

It only pays to return relevant results (because it builds the brand), when it is clear that there is no intent to buy.