I was wondering if they might not be baiting Google into doing that. If they start removing content critical of them from Google Docs that's another big story.
Google should monetize Google Docs in situations like this, i.e. more than a dozen viewing, all with the same referer URL.
Regarding the thesis, it seems to me that unless you have read the advertiser guidelines then you are always going to have your viewing manipulated in ways you do not understand. The recommendations are really 'how best to monetize you'. So with music you may end up with mainstream artist recommends, not because the songs are inherently popular, it is just that they can be monetized.
Therefore, the best way to explore the back catalogue of an artist is to upload your own video and to then see what tracks by your favourite musicians you can set to it. So even within normal YouTube there is a 'better' search engine, better for you but maybe not so monetizable even though that is what the widget is about.
Regarding the thesis, it seems to me that unless you have read the advertiser guidelines then you are always going to have your viewing manipulated in ways you do not understand. The recommendations are really 'how best to monetize you'. So with music you may end up with mainstream artist recommends, not because the songs are inherently popular, it is just that they can be monetized.
Therefore, the best way to explore the back catalogue of an artist is to upload your own video and to then see what tracks by your favourite musicians you can set to it. So even within normal YouTube there is a 'better' search engine, better for you but maybe not so monetizable even though that is what the widget is about.