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I wonder if "affiliate links" is a reasonable proxy for page quality? I wouldn't use it directly in a ranking function but it might be a nice automated way to estimate whether results are good.


In a good way or bad way? Affiliate links might bias reviews, but their presence might mean the review was high enough quality that enough people see it and click on affiliate links.


I mean the presence of affiliate links indicates the page is likely spam. I bet that's a good heuristic more often than it's a bad one.




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