baldur, 
“Google Search Overwhelmed By Massive Spam Attack”
They say “days” here because this is in addition to the ongoing spam problem that has been escalating in search all year
Also, non-English local search has been utter garbage filled with spam for a few years now https://www.searchenginejournal.com/google-search-overwhelmed-by-massive-spam-attack/504527/?utm_source=labnotes.org
