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by mad182 1630 days ago
Not really that simple, I see a lot of potential for abuse - using bots and brigading to mass downvote your competitors or political opponents.

Couple of positions up or down in google results for somewhat popular and valuable keywords can mean the difference in thousands of dollars per day of ad or affiliate revenue. I suspect it would get pretty wild if google launched something like this. There already are black-hat seo methods and services, but something so simple and direct would turn it up to 11.
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numbsafari 1630 days ago
> I see a lot of potential for abuse

They already have the tech to fight this on YT. They, in theory, are supposed to be doing the same thing to detect inauthentic behavior on ad placement and click abuse.

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ErikVandeWater 1630 days ago
Downvotes could apply just to future recommendations for search results you see, and not apply to advertisements.
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