If you add "lemmy" to the end like you would add for reddit based results you should be able to search just fine. There's just not enough content or awareness yet to matter.
this post was submitted on 12 Jun 2023
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Perhaps not enough content yet. I'm not getting any positive hits on Bing or Brave search.
One concern about federation is that search engines could potentially (and likely) dilute results because they appear to be coming from different sites and URLs.
i read it like ceo 😅
If there was one, hopefully not like Reddit's!
It's all text, and nothing particular locks content away from crawlers from what I see. There's no reason that web search engines won't treat lemmy instances the same as Reddit. I think it will just take a little time while new, relevant content is generated and placed here.
really good point.
I wonder if this will be something that can be improved, or if it is really just a point of volume of content?
Give it time before we get the love from Google. As long as we keep conversations relevant and information sourced from good sources Google will start pushing Lemmy to the top.
Also screw quora, site is full of spamlinks and crappy answers. I wanted to check for a deleted tweet on my profile and the first quora answer on the first result after googling wanted me to enter a shortened link. Sus.
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