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Does any one else find this alarming?

In the late 90s Google dominated its competition largely because they were susceptible to keyword stuffing. In the following decade they allegedly heaped on layer after layer of algorithms to determine the best rankings beyond simple page rank.

Today, they use nothing more than simple keyword scoring to power their Google Play search.

This algorithm is so simplistic anyone over a certain threshold must be completely purged from the store, even if the app is highly rated by many users. No other alternative means exist.

Is Google's search algorithm really as complex as they've been telling us it is?



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