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{Weekly Discussion} Google finally releases reason why Reddit ranks first
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Interesting
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If users don’t find their answer on Google they will find another way. The LLM’s have to give that correct answer 99% of the time if not the users will change the place they search for information. And if the LLM’s output irrelevant answers people will also change where they search.
You can say what you want about blogs optimizing for long tails, but at least they gave an answer to people. If that answer was incorrect the user would blame the blog, not Google.
Now it’s a lot on stake for G, because if Gemini doesn’t work for them all is left are Reddit, Quora and a handful more to dominate search results. And the blogs that optimized for these keywords are by then already gone.
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A lot of my content ranks above Reddit actually . 🤫
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got the link to the source please ? i wanna read the whole thing
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To anyone who actually works in SEO, this is no surprise and what you should have already known. The search results will tell you what you need to know, always keep googling your keywords to see what type of results you get
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I didnt want to spam the sub. So Ill ask here for the advice. I took over the website and maintaint it for my friend that has a towing service in my town. I managed to get it from 60th position to 15th, but I am struggling to push for better rank now. How can I compare the leading sites and adapt my website better?
I am doing this as a favor and a way to learn something about SEO. There is no meoney involved, any tips would be appreciated
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Its called a wealth transfer! To control where the traffic goes and who gets it, which was always the long term goal. Keep it all between friends, just like it was before wih the shopping malls and tv
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All true. But I feel like this could’ve had an affect on Reddit’s positioning in the SERP’s too: “In February 2024, Reddit announced a partnership with Google in a deal worth about $60 million per year, to license its real-time user content to train Google’s AI model. The partnership also lets Reddit get access to Google’s “Vertex AI” service which would help improve search results on Reddit.”
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Of course, Google is not juicing Reddit numbers! It’s not like we accidentally found out about the content licensing because Reddit had to make a public filing.
It’s kind of odd, though, that mobile SEO traffic tripled and desktop doubled after said content deal. Nothing to see here.
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215 to 500 million organic traffic per day, since December 2023.
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A lot of this will tie into the necessity for Google to comply with changing fair competition rules and regulations – adding more diversity to the SERPs.
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Best
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