Question #20f52

1 Answer
Apr 25, 2016

The answer with the most likes on Socratic is:

What is the chemical equation for cellular respiration?

by Ernest Z.

This answer has been on Socratic for over two years, which has given it time to be discovered by Google. As a result, this question shows up near the top of search results for phrases like "chemical equation cellular respiration."

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This means that whenever a student searches this phrase (or something similar) on Google, Ernest's answer is very likely to show up. Then, lots of students visit this page and leave likes.

As this example shows us, it can take a long time for an answer to get recognized by Google—but when an answer gets a top spot in search results, that answer is likely to get lots and lots of hearts :)