[w0mbat]

That's kind of a meaningless statement.

Any search-ad revenue Google gets is a side-effect of users going to Google for good quality search results. Worse results would lead to fewer users, fewer ads sold, less revenue.

The ad money is in fact a major motivation to provide top quality search at all costs.

[swirepe]

>Any search-ad revenue Google gets is a side-effect of users going to Google for good quality search results. Worse results would lead to fewer users, fewer ads sold, less revenue.

I did the Noogler training too. What you said might have been true before "google it" became the verb people use for "search".