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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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[–] dan@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

My guess is just that Reddit happily lets search engines crawl it, so that content is well-indexed, and because Reddit threads are often linked to from elsewhere the site is considered good quality.

I’d imagine Lemmy would eventually get to the same point naturally if enough information is shared here. At least, assuming it doesn’t block search engines.

Hmm although I don’t really understand how federation will fit with that, given it basically means the same content is duplicated on a bunch of domains.