That would certainly be an improvement over their current strat (ignoring what I want to click on, showing me what's most profitable for them instead)

Meanwhile I long for the days where this was Google's focus. I want a better index of the web and I want the search engine to give me the tools to filter out the garbage I don't want. The fact that this isn't a feature tells you everything you need to know about Google's real priority: it's not us, it's the advertisers.