Too many shopping hits? Have you *seen* the web?
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Digging Holes in Google
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Honestly, think about it. A very significant portion of websites out there are trying to sell you something. (Just check out that banner at the top of this page.) So if you estimate (low, probably) that 50% of all websites are shopping sites, then its a good chance that for a search on any given topic, you'll probably end up with around 50% of the results trying to sell you what you're looking for.
This isn't Google's fault; it's the nature of the web today.
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Honestly, think about it. A very significant portion of websites out there are trying to sell you something. (Just check out that banner at the top of this page.) So if you estimate (low, probably) that 50% of all websites are shopping sites, then its a good chance that for a search on any given topic, you'll probably end up with around 50% of the results trying to sell you what you're looking for.
This isn't Google's fault; it's the nature of the web today.