I think you ignored mseebach's point.
The mechanics of how the search results are ranked (pagerank) is irrelevant. The system is "broken" when original source content is ranking below people merely linking to it from another site.
The mechanics of how the search results are ranked (pagerank) is irrelevant. The system is "broken" when original source content is ranking below people merely linking to it from another site.
Pagerank shouldn't be universal - it doesn't make sense to believe that the same ranking system should work equally well for all users.
I think a good way to identify original source content is through author attribution, with trusted identities, in a social graph, curated by users in a web of trust.
Hmm... That sounds like exactly what Google+ is doing.
If you happen to Encircle someone who created the comment in the first place, it's debatable about which post you'd rather see higher.