Absolutely. Aside from programming problems, “product/service reddit” is probably my most commonly used Google search query.
Whenever I’m looking for information about a product, service, restaurant, etc. one of the first things I look for is a discussion on Reddit. As much as I hate what Reddit has become, it still is the best place I’ve found for discussion from locals or enthusiasts that provide a much more accurate description of a product/restaurant/etc. than user reviews or ad filled blogs.
I use Google for this since Reddit’s search is garbage.
If you're adding "reddit" to the search query that's a bit different, in that case you're explicitly looking for results on reddit. Penalizing reddit in the rankings shouldn't change this use case.
I was more thinking about generic search queries that have reddit in the results. In my experience that doesn't happen very often.
I just don't think reddit gets a significant amount of traffic from search results so penalizing it in the rankings won't have a big effect.
Whenever I’m looking for information about a product, service, restaurant, etc. one of the first things I look for is a discussion on Reddit. As much as I hate what Reddit has become, it still is the best place I’ve found for discussion from locals or enthusiasts that provide a much more accurate description of a product/restaurant/etc. than user reviews or ad filled blogs.
I use Google for this since Reddit’s search is garbage.