I believe in us
Stop using Google
Ddg is surprisingly alright. Bing surely has improved over the years.
6 months later, Lemmy is still the second result for me.
Keep in mind that your Google results are probably highly personalized. For instance, I tried googling that exact phrase (in a private window), and Lemmy doesnt appear for me at all.
4th result on duckduckgo via mull on a private tab with a vpn on for me
3rd for me on duckduckgo. Reddit didn’t even show.
And if they really decide to ban Google search indexing, Reddit will be permanently wiped from the face of the internet. It’s like going full stealth mode.
I always wondered how accurate those “in a private window” searches were. Surely, Google knows exactly who you are, and isn’t thrown off just because you dropped cookies for a second, right?
Then again, they’re probably interested in hiding what they know about you.
Just a thought.
At the very least, I’m sure they track the usual fingerprinting - geolocation etc.
5th and 6th (different lemmy instance) results for me on Kagi
Lemmy was the 5th result for me in private mode, just after youtube
This was the first thing that came to my mind. So I tried again, using a VPN (exit server in the USA) and an incognito window. That screenshot came from that result.
Oh weird, fair play to you then!
Yeah, my personalized content probably wasn’t so personalized. Still, let’s wait to see the results of other people here in this thread.
Cheers to the community and plethora of apps available.
We should also thank Lemmy creator and contributors making it search engine friendly and instance admins to make the result appear higher (faster response, https, crawlability, etc.)
This is amazing. If we can overtake Reddit in search indexing—or even just show up alongside it like this we’re completely set.
If Reddit goes through with their threat of removing their links from Google, then Lemmy will definitely win.
Only Elon Musk is that stupid. Empty threats.
If Reddit goes through with their threat of removing their links from Google
Why the hell would they do that?
Spez gonna spez
Spez gunna spaz
It’s part of blocking 3rd party indexers because they think they’re like tiktok, not a library
Now this thread is the second result when I search that lol.
Did the same thing, now this thread is shown and not the discution
What if we create a thread about this thread about that discussion?
First on my SearXNG instance
Preem! But I also wish these new Futurama episodes were better. They suck worse than the comedy central ones
I like the new ones
Thanks to the author of the post for reminding me about this series. I didn’t know there was a new season.
Wooooooooooooo
Since no one asked, here’s Yahoo
Long, long screenshot
still above reddit
still came before reddit tho
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Futurama has one of the bigger communities on here. Lemmy needs more dedicated communities centered around a certain franchises, like Baldurs Gate or Futurama or live-action One Piece.
Sorry for the confusions, the ones I listed were for communities that are already a decent size ;)
I mean, they’re not going to magically appear without people engaging…