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title: "How Liners ranks products"
description: "How ranking changes across search, the product directory, category lists, and other product pages."
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markdown_url: "https://liners.com/trust/how-product-ranking-works.md"
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updated_at: "2026-07-28T00:00:00.000Z"
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# How Liners ranks products

How ranking changes across search, the product directory, category lists, and other product pages.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Trust center](/trust)
- [How Liners ranks products](/trust/how-product-ranking-works)

## Summary

How ranking changes across search, the product directory, category lists, and other product pages.

## Content

## Liners uses different order rules by page

Search, the product directory, category and feature pages, country pages, alternatives, and comparisons serve different tasks. They do not share one ranking formula.

Liners explains the factor groups but keeps exact order, weights, thresholds, and randomisation rules private.

## Search

Organic search results use relevance to the query. Paid listing status does not change that relevance.

Read [how Liners search works](/trust/how-search-works) for name matching, meaning-based search, filters, and sponsored cards.

## Product directory

The main product directory orders products by website authority by default. Users can choose another available sort, such as rating, review count, name, or publication date. Paid listing status does not change the order.

## Category, feature, and best-product pages

Top-ranked taxonomy pages may consider signals such as product authority, verified status, approved review rating, review count, and publication date. The exact use of those signals can vary by page.

Users may choose another sort, such as name or date, where the page offers it.

## Country pages

Country pages can use a date-based order to show recent products. Filters and selected sorts can change the visible order.

## Alternatives and comparisons

Alternatives use product similarity. Paid listing status and verified status do not change the similarity score.

Comparisons use the criteria shown on the page. Payment does not change a product's criterion score.

Read [how Liners chooses alternatives](/trust/how-alternatives-work) and [how product comparisons work](/trust/how-comparisons-work) for those methods.

## Ads

Ads use separate labelled placements. Buying an ad does not change user ratings, reviews, comparison scores, or organic search relevance.

Read [how advertising works on Liners](/trust/how-ads-work) for ad review and placement.

## Corrections

Wrong categories, features, countries, or product facts can affect where a product appears. Use the supported [community correction process](/trust/how-suggestions-work) to report an error.

## Related pages

- [How Liners search works](/trust/how-search-works): How Liners matches searches to products and keeps sponsored placements separate.
- [How Liners chooses product alternatives](/trust/how-alternatives-work): How Liners uses product fit and market overlap to suggest useful alternatives.
- [How advertising works on Liners](/trust/how-ads-work): How Liners reviews, labels, schedules, bills, and publishes paid advertisements.

## Access and citation

- [Canonical HTML page](https://liners.com/trust/how-product-ranking-works)
- [Markdown route index](/sitemap.md)
- [Agent access guide](/llms.txt)