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The Register reports what we're all sensing. "No, it's not just you - search engine results really are getting worse as the internet is flooded with low-effort garbage from SEO farms and affiliate link sites, a group of German researchers has concluded (16 page PDF)." Via Ben Werdmuller. See also Product Spam on YouTube: A Case Study from the same researchers.

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