Google accidentally leaked their search API on Github, giving everyone insight into that they:

--Lied that they track users clicks as a factor for search rankings [1][3]

--Lied about using data from Chrome browser for search, including clicks. This contradicted their sworn testimony to the Department of Justice on anti-trust. [1][3]

--Lied about having a sandbox (to prevent "some" or new sites from ranking) [1][2][3]

--Purposefully gave smaller "personal" sites their own category which ranked lower, EVEN IF they had more relevant information. To favor larger brands. [3]

They after removed the leaked data, but it was already published under an Apache open source license. [2] So now anyone can do whatever with it. The irony of Google having crappy privacy.

Sources: [1] https://ipullrank.com/google-algo-leak [2] https://www.theregister.com/2024/05/29/internal_google_search_documents/ [3] Mental Outlaw on Google leak https://lbry.vern.cc/@AlphaNerd:8/google-has-been-lying-about-their-search:e [4] https://www.medianama.com/2024/05/223-leaked-google-docs-show-click-datas-role-search-rankings/