Originally Posted by AdultKing

I'm not hostile, I'm just making the point that Google, which accounts for the bulk of search is concentrating on quality metrics when it comes to refining their algorithms.

Google has a quality team, they are trying to reduce the crap on the web, the content that will win out is that which is of high quality, engages users, is shared by people and does not appear designed to be a front for advertising or affiliate marketing. In other words Google wants to provide it's users with the best quality results on page 1.