As we are all aware, the G's organic results are now pretty much overwhelmed by G's own spam.
Since they changed the background colour of the adwords, exactly 'how much' is not quite as noticeable as it used to be.
If you want a reminder of the full scope of the problem, install the 'stylish' plugin for Chrome and use this style for Google:
#lclbox,#tads,#rhs_block,#productbox,#lu_pinned_rhs,#tadsb {background: #cc0};
... it gives all their crappy adds and local results a nasty background colour so they stand out a bit more.
Even though I knew this was happening - its a bit of an eye-opener.
FWIW, I found a couple of 'local' searches where everything lower than the #1 ranked site was pushed below the fold on a 1680x1050 resolution screen.
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correction - easy to find local searches where none of the organic serps are above the fold