[1]: https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/08/helping-users-easi...
[1]: https://webmasters.googleblog.com/2016/08/helping-users-easi...
A lot of these popups specifically target based on various segments of Google keyword traffic. It's a good start.
You cannot link out without thinking twice, you cannot get links in without worrying about consequences, you grow at exactly the pace that pleases the gods over at the google-plex, and better think twice before you do any guest blogging, and remember the 200 ranking factors at play, and finally, never, ever, ever get on their wrong side.
Oh, and to keep it more fun, just wait till you need to stand in line someday for their customer support. That is a whole another level of batshit psycho crazy.
Why, Thank you, Google. Without you, what will the poor little people of the world do?