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How does Lemmy work with search engines? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by melonpunk@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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One thing Reddit dominates on is search results. I'm looking things up and seeing so many links to reddit, which I guess is going to help keep that place relevant (unless those subreddits stay dark).

I wondered how Lemmy and this fed thingy stuff all works for that? With more posts can we expect to see people arriving through search results?

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[–] BendyLemmy@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I actually added a custom search engine to Firefox... so I can search something on Lemmy. I have the keyword 'LW' for Lemmy.World search right now (because Lemmy.ml was offline a while).

Basically, do the Lemmy search (search term ssss) then edit/replace ssss > %s and copy the entire link. https://lemmy.world/search/q/%s/type/All/sort/TopAll/listing_type/All/community_id/0/creator_id/0/page/1

Then using 'add custom search engine' extension on Firefox, you add it.

[–] Kissaki@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You don't need an extension to add search bookmarks.

Add a bookmark, put the %s in the URL of it where the search term shall be put, and give it a keyword. Then in the address bar you use keyword search text to search.