Lemmy posts are starting to pop up on search results with Google (+ other search engines) - Lemmy.ca
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To see the original discussion, you can see this thread: https://lemmy.ca/post/8488573 [https://lemmy.ca/post/8488573] To open the post on your instance you can go to !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world [/c/lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world] and see the recent top posts, or use an app/frontend/ browser extension (ex. !instance_assistant@lemmy.ca [/c/instance_assistant@lemmy.ca]) Alternatively, here is the screenshot [https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/1a8bfa9f-1bc8-433d-8a3e-323fbc775736.png?format=webp] from the post. — I also wanted to share this tip for how you can filter for Lemmy posts when searching: - Search using site:home_instance. So if I wanted to find recommended phones, I could go site:lemmy.ca recommended phones. Since every instance has its own collection of posts, you will be getting results from all over Lemmy. The limitation is that you won’t see content from instances that aren’t federated with yours, but you probably didn’t want to see that stuff anyway since you picked your instance for a reason. You can also put any instance into the search if you wanted different results. — Question to everyone, what does Lemmy need to make it easier for people to find content? What are the implications of the Fediverse on how people might find content in the future? One thing is that people are more likely to get posts from the larger instances, likely because more people are linking to them and opening those links? Another thought was the common complaint about how our post links aren’t community specific. While I can search for posts using the method above, I can’t search within a specific community like I can with Reddit (ex. I can’t search site:lemmy.ca/c/Vancouver recommended restaurants EDIT: The issues for it are here, looks like the devs are good with it now and someone just needs to implement it: * https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/875 [https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/issues/875] * https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/2097 [https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/2097]

To see the original discussion, you can see this thread: https://lemmy.ca/post/8488573

To open the post on your instance you can go to !lemmybewholesome@lemmy.world and see the recent top posts, or use an app/frontend/ browser extension (ex. !instance_assistant@lemmy.ca)

Alternatively, here is the screenshot from the post.

I also wanted to share this tip for how you can filter for Lemmy posts when searching:

  • Search using site:home_instance. So if I wanted to find recommended phones, I could go site:lemmy.ca recommended phones. Since every instance has its own collection of posts, you will be getting results from all over Lemmy. The limitation is that you won’t see content from instances that aren’t federated with yours, but you probably didn’t want to see that stuff anyway since you picked your instance for a reason. You can also put any instance into the search if you wanted different results.

Question to everyone, what does Lemmy need to make it easier for people to find content? What are the implications of the Fediverse on how people might find content in the future?

One thing is that people are more likely to get posts from the larger instances, likely because more people are linking to them and opening those links? Another thought was the common complaint about how our post links aren’t community specific. While I can search for posts using the method above, I can’t search within a specific community like I can with Reddit (ex. I can’t search site:lemmy.ca/c/Vancouver recommended restaurants

EDIT: The issues for it are here, looks like the devs are good with it now and someone just needs to implement it:

  • yukichigai@kbin.social
    6·
    11 months ago

    Swag. The more we show up in search, the more people will be asking “what the heck is Lemmy?” Some of 'em will join.

    Well then. Here. We. Go.

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      I have been regularly sharing shit with friends that I see in Lemmy, and they always said to me why my links always have weird names and domains and shit… so I proceed to explain and we get to nowhere.

      Anyway this is people that weren’t even into Reddit, so that people are the harder to get, IMHO.

      • synae[he/him]@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        Sounds like a “them” problem, you keep doing what you’re doing. Maybe they’ll eventually get it, maybe not. Unless you give up sharing content with them entirely, of course, but that’s your choice.

      • Otter@lemmy.caOPEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        It really was silly of Lemmy to not have community specific links, it’s even more confusing that way. Now it’s just a bunch of

        {weird-domain}/post/{number}

        You never know what it is unless you have link previews

  • lemmyingly@lemm.eeEnglish
    6·
    11 months ago

    One big issue that Lemmy has because it’s a distributed service is the dilution of results.

    For example, there is only one Reddit domain (that people use to access the service) but there are hundreds/thousands of Lemmy domains and the dilution will continue to increase as Lemmy’s popularity increases. It’s either that or there will only be a couple of Lemmy instances that will dominate all of Lemmy.

  • sarmale@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    I have a question, I have posted with my lemmy.zip acccount to a community hosted on feddit.ro, and when I search the title only lemmy.world appears, even tho i didnt post it there, any idea why?

    • Otter@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      3·
      11 months ago

      Adding a bit more to the other comments

      The post should exist on all 3 instances (as well as any other instance federated with feddit.ro). However lemmy.world is bigger and so more people are likely linking to /from that instance, which mean Google is indexing it with higher priority.

      The other instances should probably show up over time?

      • Teppic@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        Hello from kbin… (federated here too)
        But this poses an interesting dilemma for Google, potentially to top 100 results could end up just being the same post observed on many Lemmy and kbin instances.

    • Corgana@startrek.websiteEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Every instance stores what are essentially copies of everything it’s users are subscribed to. So when you post “to” feddit.ro, you’re posting to the copy on lemmy.zip. Similarly, Lemmy.world has their own copy (that for whatever reason is ranking higher in search) because someone there is presumeably subscribed to the community.

  • sarmale@lemmy.zipEnglish
    2·
    11 months ago

    Did the same thing, now the linked thread is shown and not the discution

  • Habahnow@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    11 months ago

    That’s cool. I seem to have issues finding this post, or the top post of the day (https://sh.itjust.works/post/8365139) by searching: site:sh.itjust.works After watching the 2nd episode of 11th season of Futurama And I’m not getting the correct result. Am I doing it right, but there’s something else affecting the results (top of day for lemmy isn’t as popular as needed to show up on google, bing, nor DDG)? or am I making a mistake somewhere?

    • Otter@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      1·
      11 months ago

      Looks like it’s appearing now! Just needed some time I guess