[the_omegist]

Sure, I agree that's not an easy thing to do, perhaps even too idealistic. But what you mention (counter-SEO gaming) isn't the type of "bias" I was referring to. Correcting their algorithm to make it better at filtering spamming, etc is part of making their product useful in the first place. Otherwise their search engine would be as useful as a car without wheels.

But, to keep the analogy, it would be like a car maker tweaking the speedometer to make the drivers go slower "to save lives" without telling its clients. If Google clearly showed its list of "socially acceptable" search terms , I would have no problem with it. But it's the fact they pretend (or that it's generally admitted) that they don't tweak their search results that I dislike.

For example: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-google-interferes-with-its-...