Comment by codexon

Google has always preferred top domains for a very long time, allowing them to abuse the rankings for years.

One relevant example I can remember, OVH is the top result for servers in Japan yet they don't have any in Japan.

https://www.google.com/search?q=dedicated+server+in+japan

https://web.archive.org/web/20240219200935/https://www.googl...

This has been going on for many years now. And they never get punished unless there's a huge uproar about it on ycombinator like with expertsexchange.