I do SEO and PPC for small businesses for a living so yes I know this better then most, and its actually 100x worse then people think. My hope was that the blockchain would help fix some of this crap, but apparently it supports bots and shady tactics just as much as the current systems/platforms. It's a shame really...

PS, I would never call you a nut for having a conspiracy theory... especially since a large majority of conspiracies are in fact proven to be true in the long run. We live in a world where truth seems to have a lag time of several decades for the most part... another shame really...