Results have been full of spam for a lot of time now. Google anti spam team must take responsibility and quit. This shit supports the conspiracy theory that google is intentionally worsening the search results to improve ctr for its ads
It wouldn't surprise me if there is a bigger agenda behind all of this... namely to bring more webmasters onto the paid platform.
Google needs to realize that not everyone is trying to "game" their algorithm. These updates are hurting thousands of honest, high-quality and authoritative sites that have been around for years.
They have no "anti spam team". It's the "webspam team". Just check Cutts' Twitter profile. And yes, the name says for itself right now, in many niches :evil_laughter: