The search quality score (which measures how relevant the discussion is to a query).The quality of the conversation (as measured by user engagement, such as upvotes or responses).The popularity of the topic on a given forum.Brave creates a “discussion worthiness” score based on a variety of signals, including: Discussions can be triggered in search by questions about products, current events, travel, computer programming and coding, as well as “highly unique or specific questions.”īrave Search said its ranking algorithm can detect queries where a discussion forum might give an alternative or complementary viewpoint to the search results. Here’s a screenshot of a Discussion on a search for : With Discussions, Brave Search is meeting that demand.” “People want easy access to a variety of authentic search results. “Discussions are the first step to making search more diverse in content, increasing points of view in results, and ultimately helping people find the most useful, relevant info,” Brave said in a statement to Search Engine Land. Reddit also has a built-in way to measure the quality of an answer (upvotes or likes).

Whereas websites have one point of view, a site like Reddit offers multiple points of view. Brave said the goal is to provide more conversations around topics. It is now available for desktop and mobile. Privacy-focused search engine Brave Search is adding conversations from forums to its results with a new feature called Discussions.