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The basic ad auction idea came from goto.com/Overture https://publishing2.scottkarp.ai/2008/05/27/google-adwords-a... Strangely difficult to find info on this.

When you say "find info on this" do you happen to be using Google Search?

yes, but also bing and ddg. If obscured, it's via whitewashing not result manipulation.