a change in Google’s search algorithms last year to prioritise helpful content from discussion forums appears to have been a significant driver.
Maybe an opportunity for reddit!
Reddit can be it’s own thing. If you need a discussion on a topic, it has it’s own search. If you’re searching for an article on something, you now have to wade through the sponsored results, the Reddit posts, the YouTube videos, the tiktok videos…
Basically, I think people will soon get sick of every Google search leading to a site with that smug Reddit mascot cunt if you ever dare use your VPN, which then contains 20 posts discussing the issue with no answer or solution, before moving to the next, identical Reddit thread result.
moderatecentrist@feddit.uk 2 days ago
I don’t love Reddit but I prefer it to TikTok. So I would say this is slightly good news.