I figured this time ago, in an article that got 200+ upvotes but only 0,4$ payout (before HF19), the article with this many upvotes and more than 40 comments wont get the "hot" page, but other article with 10 upvotes but 30$ payout did reached the "hot" page, so what steemit is giving priority to the search is payout and it only makes sense, the system wants people to buy steem...