The obvious one is that they use their ability to rank results as a Cash Cow. If someone goes looking for you online your result may fall 5th. or 6th. on the page while they are misdirected to click a link to your competitor.
100%.
Try searching for your state’s DMV website.
It will be 4 or 5 down, after all the other sites hoping you’ll visit them to complete the same vehicle services at an increased premium.
But google isn’t alone. Bing plays the same game.
Do a google search on Hillary’s crimes and all kinds of sites come up dogging on Trump.
Do a bing search on Hillary’s crimes and all kinds of sites come up documenting Hillary’s crimes.
Go figure
I tried this morning, something like “Hunter Biden molested his young niece”, and could get NOTHING that remotely resembled that theme.