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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by macNchz on Thursday September 21, 2023 @07:24PM (#37605833)
Interesting to see reddit on the block list, I have issues with the way they’ve been operating but I do often find myself explicitly adding site:reddit.com to google searches, since it seems like one of few places online where there is still non-sponsored conversation about diverse topics. RIP old-school forums.
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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by kunwon1 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:08PM (#37606171)
I'm doing the same thing, but specifically for reviews/recommendations. I can't remember the last time I had even an inkling of trust for a review published on a website. Reddit is basically the only source I have for potentially trustworthy opinions about products
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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by n42 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @08:42PM (#37606462)
IMO, this is no longer the case. Basically any new thread is getting astroturfed by marketing teams, and it seems like Reddit started doing SEO to promote newer threads, so the days of reliable reddit reviews seem to be over
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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by shyn3 on Thursday September 21, 2023 @11:55PM (#37607641)
Definitely true. Marketing teams at multiple roles paid third parties to advertise on Reddit. Even tongue in cheek comments about incidents are marketing.
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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by yunwal on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:07AM (#37607738)
Subreddits that are about buying things (/r/buyitforlife, /r/frugalmalefashion) are done. Same with any askreddit thread that's like "What's a product for under $x that changed your life" or something like that.

I still find /r/cooking gives good recommendations, despite the fact that the world of recipes is filled with spam and low quality content. Maybe the unit economics of astroturfing just don't work out for it.

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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by wyclif on Thursday September 21, 2023 @10:27PM (#37607154)
Note that Reddit is also on the Kagi promoted leaderboard. It seems that Reddit represents a paradox in that way.
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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by Falkon1313 on Friday September 22, 2023 @12:24AM (#37607845)
Given the audience (mostly techy people), it seems to be a love it or hate it thing.
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Re:Unlimited Kagi searches for $10 per month by pbhjpbhj on Friday September 22, 2023 @03:28AM (#37608994)
If you're not logged in to Reddit (and Facebook, etc), you often don't get the content that shows in the snippet of the SERP. Google don't always have a cached page now.
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