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Has anyone else noticed Google has barely indexed Lemmy (reddthat.com)

submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by 01010101011@reddthat.com to c/fedigrow@lemm.ee

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I’ve searched for older Lemmy posts on Google just to see if they are getting indexed and I don’t think most are? Can anyone else confirm. I think if Lemmy showed up in more google searches like Reddit it would bring new users

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[–] pcouy@lemmy.pierre-couy.fr 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is an old post, but I've only recently (I'd say a few months ago) started to see Google's indexing bots pop-up in my instance's server logs, so this may be about to change

[–] Blaze@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Thanks for sharing!

[–] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 4 months ago

I am quite happy to have a Google search phrase that brings up one of my posts: weaselverse darkest timeline. It's niche but still...

My understanding is that Lemmy's cross-posting between instances makes Google think they are just a "farm" of sites harvesting clicks and ad revenue. That will really impact their ranking or even if they get indexed at all.

I hope it's only a matter of time before Google adjust their algorithms to take account of the Fediverse but I am not holding my breath. I have pondered how to improve Lemmy's SEO but I am drawing a blank.

[–] Blaze@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I haven't used Google in a while, DuckDuckGo indexes them okay, SearX too

[–] commandar@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Kagi has a built in Fediverse lens (filter). Works well IME.