• 200ok@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Do you think it will ever be possible to do that for all the Lemmy instances?

      • CALIGVLA@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        Lemmy’s built-in search barely works as it is, so unless some drastic changes happen it’s resounding no.

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          8 months ago

          This is how we found anything on reddit for most of its useful life. Its search was always garbage so we relied on Google to come up with usable results.

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    8 months ago

    I look forward to Google being forced to down rank any sites with “reddit” in the H1.

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        I’ve spent a lot of time working in SEO.

        Search results like this can drive people away from Google and toward other resources. Google likes money, and this is why they usually try to combat spammers that are gaming the system.

        It’s a cat and mouse game that has been happening for years. Organic search spammers find a new thing, then Google tweaks the algorithm to downrank what they’re exploiting.

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          then Google tweaks the algorithm

          Well you don’t have to read Cory’s newest column to understand that Google hasn’t been doing that, because they don’t have to. They do not care, at least not yet, because they have arguably become too big to care.