How can we improve Lemmy’s SEO so we can google “(question) lemmy” instead of relying on “(question) reddit”

ThaijsClan, 11 months ago

I would love to Google search Lemmy instead of reddit. I just don’t know how feasible it would be being that Lemmy is decentralized.

shroomato, 11 months ago

I could see Google integrating with the fediverse once it reaches critical mass. Using ActivityPub for indexing ought to be more efficient than the usual web crawling.

Kerrigor, 11 months ago

It should in theory be easier as LLM searches improve... Bard etc

relative_iterator, 11 months ago

Part of the problem is that there aren’t really a lot of questions/answers yet. You should try asking your questions here and hopefully over time we’ll have a big backlog of content.

Nollij, 11 months ago

While being decentralized certainly creates a barrier, most of the details behind PageRank (and the other algorithms in use by Google) are pretty well documented. If it doesn’t already, throwing in Lemmy as a keyword should soon bring up a Lemmy intense (probably Lemmy.ml or Lemmy.World) as a top result. As people click those links, the results will go higher.

The bigger challenge is that the content you are trying to find isn’t here yet. Those results on the old site were built over years of massive user engagement. Lemmy has barely had a month since people started joining en masse, and it’s still a fraction of what we lost.

TL;DR: Just keep using it and spread the word. The rest will happen naturally

WaterBottleOnAShelf, 11 months ago

I think once there is enough info on lemmy it’ll just get to the point where the searches will bring up the information you need.

I feel like if I’m searching on Google I want it to take me to the most relevant source of information even if that still is reddit. It won’t always be. But it is still right now.

Nothing wrong with competition, it’ll give better search results.