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Why isn't Lemmy indexed yet? (lemm.ee)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Are search engines able to index Lemmy?

I still keep seeing all search engines link to Reddit, but nothing from Lemmy is linked in organic search results.

I'm expecting big push towards Lemmy to happen when Google returns Lemmy links.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you do a search for something like "selfhost site:Lemmy.*" then you get results so the boards are definitely getting indexed. The SEO just isn't there to make it what Google thinks is a better choice when compared to other sites. That may change as these sites get used more and more things are posted and discussed but I wouldn't be surprised if the Google algorithm weighs reddit posts higher than other sites simply because reddit has become such a great resource for things.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

The problem with searching Lemmy, is that you can call your instance however you want, so it might not be 'lemmy.*'.

Take for exapmle sh.​itjust​.works. You need to search with site: for it, separately.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What about Lemmy instances which don't have an URL starting with "lemmy"? How will a typical Google user filter results if he's interested in all Lemmy instances? DuckDuckGo to the rescue? 👽

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

In theory one of the big instances like lemmy.world or lemmy.ml should be indexed and searchable using the site: tag, and their local caches of communities originating on other instances should be included. It might mean that Google returns multiple duplicate pages (one for each instance indexed) however, unless Google takes steps to reduce duplication. Time will tell I guess.