A quick search on here didn't bring anything up for this. I read about it a few months ago, but I haven't seen it discussed anywhere.
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“It’s a lab of humans from all over the world (from China to The Netherlands, from Korea to Brasil) They are paid to check search results of Google every day. Most of the employees, called international agents by Google, were recruited through universities all over the world. The aim is to avoid spam, to get the right sites at the top of the listing and to test new features, not shown to the public yet.”
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