Does Google take action on automatically generated pages that provide no added value?

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Published on September 4, 2013 4:17:39 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGCA2I8hfWc

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What does Google do against sites that have a script that automatically picks up the search query and makes a page about it? Ex: you Google [risks of drinking caffeine], end up at a page: "we have no articles for DRINKING CAFFEINE" with lots of ads.
Walter, Leiden, Netherlands

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