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Re:How much of your audience is fake? by halcyondaze on Thursday September 24, 2015 @06:17PM (#10275151)
It's to manipulate the 'auto-complete' feature.
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Re:How much of your audience is fake? by downandout on Thursday September 24, 2015 @07:49PM (#10275599)
Bingo. That, and clicking on results that are further down actually does help propel them higher.
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