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Re:Google Search Is Dying by davidkuennen on Monday March 06, 2023 @10:48AM (#35042405)
I would think they apply their normal algorithms.

If it's a good article that's upvoted a lot, it should also be linked in some places and thus get a higher search score.

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Re:Google Search Is Dying by grumpy_coder on Monday March 06, 2023 @11:02AM (#35042617)
Though it's not finding the article. It's finding a link to the article on Reddit. I hope people aren't linking to the Reddit thread...
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Re:Google Search Is Dying by comfypotato on Monday March 06, 2023 @12:05PM (#35043473)
The way the original pagerank algorithm works, links to the original article would increase the score of a Reddit post linking to the article. Why Reddit posts are ranked higher in a default search I’m not sure, but this would definitely explain why site:Reddit works.
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Re:Google Search Is Dying by Jensson on Monday March 06, 2023 @11:02AM (#35042624)
Do people link to reddit threads a lot? I'd assume such a signal would be very noisy and not very reliable, so spam sites would just link a lot to their content spam on reddit.
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