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

most people i know use google by searching whatever question they have and including the word “reddit” at the end to find reddit threads since it currently has the most useful information.

As Lemmy gets more and more filled with useful threads and reviews it would be great if we can collectively improve Lemmy’s SEO so just including the word lemmy in a search will show lemmy threads related to the search.

The obscure tlds used in lemmy servers don’t help and lemmy.com currently redirects to lemm.ee. Is there a way we can improve the SEO of all instances or have lemmy.com be a aggregator of threads from many Lemmy servers?

housepanther,
@housepanther@lemmy.goblackcat.com avatar

This is going to present a formidable challenge because Lemmy is so decentralized. I mean I am all for it but wouldn’t even begin to conceptualize how to get started.

AlternateRoute,

Not really… Nearly every phpBB, SMF, Invision forum etc is a separate self hosted community and they get indexed. Hell even small ones like one of my gaming guilds ranked high for specific key words.

For SEO to work well you need clear links to clear topics, and it helps to have automatic metada also to assist indexing.

Having google compatible site maps assists in crawling the site.

ryathal,

They can all get crawled, but you can’t just add lemmy and force results from the fediverse to the top.

AlternateRoute,

You can still do SEO (search engine optimization) but making sure all the prefered metadata is there, sitemaps etc… It improves your rank.

Isn’t going to put you at the top, that is the job of the content but it can be the difference between being on page one or not.

meyotch,

I’ve been playing with googles search indexing and my personal instance. My instance is a subdomain named lemmy of my vanity URL I’ve kept for years. One thing I’ve noticed is that even though I run an instance with one user and one community, my personal website under the domain - which is static and lame - has risen from 50th to 23rd with certain search terms.

My point relative to the original question is that lemmy seems to be inherently interesting to googles crawlers and spiders and wtevs.

bilb,
@bilb@lem.monster avatar

we cannot

Wooly,

I’ll be a bit scared doing that, with all the instances I’ve been thinking how easy it will be to have malware links. How is shi.t.justwo.rks or whatever less random than a malicious link?

Chozo,

Search engines have their own "trustworthiness" metric that they keep track of for sites they index. That's why you usually don't find malware in the top results for most searches, unless you're going down some already shady rabbit holes.

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