Not only that but even for topics not abused to death by SEO, Google still manages to include absolutely irrelevant pages.
It seems like they have had some system for years already which includes an absolutely unhealthy amount of pages that in their algorithms view are similar to the thing I ask for without being the thing I ask for.
My go-to example is when I search for a construct from a JS framework that a previous dev used and Google gives me lots of results that seem superficially relevant but when I open them I think half or more of the results at the first page are about other, similar frameworks.
This is extremely annoying because they manage to hit a spot were the results are close enough that I often have to read a bit before I realize it.
It seems like they have had some system for years already which includes an absolutely unhealthy amount of pages that in their algorithms view are similar to the thing I ask for without being the thing I ask for.
My go-to example is when I search for a construct from a JS framework that a previous dev used and Google gives me lots of results that seem superficially relevant but when I open them I think half or more of the results at the first page are about other, similar frameworks.
This is extremely annoying because they manage to hit a spot were the results are close enough that I often have to read a bit before I realize it.