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by OpenAlgorithm 5355 days ago
Well we know Google can classify what spam sites are.

And assuming they could (despite your arguments against) determine the method of monetization on a site, then simply compare the models they see on spam sites versus another metric which would track the user's reaction to certain types of monetization models.

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And assuming they could (despite your arguments against) determine the method of monetization on a site

I can assure you that that they cannot do this accurately. You would be amazed at the scummy business models that openly advertise on Google and are not caught. It would be incredibly difficult to do so as some of them are downright ingenious (one example: free software that updates your drivers.)

It sounds to me that you are positing some type of magical technology that doesn't exist predicated on Google's seeming omniscience. Of course, I am eager to stand corrected...?

I'm not declaring it is a technology they are capable of developing, just wondering, still a bit surprised that with all their top engineers they couldn't (if they wanted to) come up with a solution to this?