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by next_xibalba 1523 days ago
Increasing impressions/time-on-site increases ad inventory and also juices all the other engagement numbers.

This is a good move by Reddit (whose search has always been abominable). Many HN'ers have pointed out that they add "reddit" to their Google searches, ex: "<product X> reviews reddit". Why let Google get the ad dollars for that SERP?