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by schoudha 6291 days ago
No, the answer is not both.

Google has organic results and ad results, they are clearly distinguished in the UI and are generated by two distinct systems.

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Whether the distinction in the UI is clear or not depends on how much experience you have with it. For me and presumably you, who have been using Google dozens of times a day for ten years, it's crystal-clear. For my neighbors who go to the locutorio down the street to use the internet because they don't have computers, it's not clear at all, according to some studies I can't be bothered to dig up right now.