Google: Reddit Gets No Special Preference In Google Search Rankings

Google's communications representative, Jennifer Kutz, told The Verge that Reddit gets nary penchant successful Google Search aliases Google's AI Search features. Kutz told The Verge that Reddit "gets nary typical preference" successful Google's ranking systems.

This connection was posted connected The Verge's article named Can Reddit fend disconnected a caller activity of AI SEO spam? was:

Kutz besides said that Google’s AI hunt features don’t purpose to show contented from immoderate circumstantial tract aliases platform, and that Reddit “gets nary typical preference” successful Google’s ranking system.

Kutz besides added that "there is high- and low-quality contented connected forums for illustration Reddit, conscionable arsenic successful different formats; Kutz says Google’s systems are designed to observe erstwhile user-generated contented is adjuvant aliases debased quality," the article quoted.

“There will ever beryllium bad actors trying to crippled the strategy — successful fact, spamming predates the net — and fighting spam is simply a halfway expertise for us,” Kutz told The Verge successful an email. “We person beardown protections against manipulation crossed Search, including our AI features, and we’ve kept results 99% spam-free for years," she added.

Generally we person seen Reddit show up a batch successful Google complete the years. But for complete a year, Reddit has complained Google isn't sending it capable traffic and successful the past net call, Reddit's stock dropped complete Google issues.

That being said, Reddit has seen its postulation from Google driblet recently:

I dislike erstwhile companies blasted AIOs erstwhile they tanked from a halfway update aliases spam update. Easy to opportunity that versus, "We person a value problem". Reddit is doing that now... See Germany and Italy beneath for AI translations trending. This is simply a large logic Reddit is seeing little postulation from… pic.twitter.com/v17digitF3

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) July 31, 2026

Another large problem for Reddit (especially since they were impacted by the May halfway update and June spam update) -> Can Reddit fend disconnected a caller activity of AI GEO spam?

"Google's Jennifer Kutz besides said that Google’s AI hunt features don’t purpose to show contented from immoderate specific…

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) August 4, 2026

Next up, Steve Huffman's quote astir their AI translations dropping, which tanked pinch the May halfway update and June spam update. I covered that successful my station astir the drop. BTW, what he explains beneath is simply a BIG quality from really he explained their AI translations erstwhile they started… pic.twitter.com/xHwDuSeLvA

— Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) August 4, 2026

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