You also have to remember that Google has been switching their search tools over to AI search tools and the results have degraded as a result.

Even before then, there was manipulation of the search algorithm by content creators, even on the YouTube side.

It’s probably a combination of all factors tbh.

Google is slowly pushing on the scale of authoritarianism. Search changes being a degradation in results. Search algo manipulation. Google intentionally showing divisive content due to the higher revenue opportunities And the sheer breadth of right wing grift content.