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> but it seems when I do, I get super heavy traffic

Do you mean you get more traffic when Google Ads are active/present on your website?

I.e. that the google search ranking algorithm prioritizes websites running Google ads?

No, the opposite. When they're inactive, traffic reaches all time highs. When they're active, traffic is still decent, but nowhere near as high when they're off. Google ranks your site based on speed (as well as a few other factors), and their product (adsense) slows everything down, so that's potentially a reason.

So, it's like... wow, I should have kept adsense on (although I probably wouldn't have the same traffic if it was).

The Google Catch-22

Maybe I misread but GP seems to be saying the opposite.

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