A great use for reddit is the ability to search posts and opinions about any niche topic. Will that be possible with Lemmy as it grows? Will I be able to Google “instant rice Lemmy” and get a comprehensive tier list of each brand?

I imagine search engines will have trouble with all the different instances(?). EDIT: Especially with instances that don’t have Lemmy in their name, I don’t think search engines would return them for Lemmy searches?

  • RIotingPacifist
    17·
    2 years ago

    Would you rather have 3 big websites instead of indexed web?

    That’s what we already have, I’d you need to find stuff by doing site specific googles, both google & that site have failed.

    The web is dead, it’s been dead for a while, now is the time to build something new in it’s wake that rather than depending on closed source algorithms, indexing 3 big websites, we could just search the 3 big websites directly.

    • PlexSheep@feddit.de
      3·
      2 years ago

      I disagree. I’m not sure why you say that. I Google stuff as a job and it’s certainly not just the big 3 websites. I personally rely on selfhosted searxng.

    • Dr. Moose
      31·
      2 years ago

      I disagree. I have a very successful technical blog and there’s a big community outside from the big websites that produce awesome content.

      Though, you do have a point that it could be better but we’re all working on it - that’s why we’re here on Lemmy! :)

    • Madmaddy
      2·
      2 years ago

      What the world needs is a web indexer/search engine that operates similar to wikipedia. A non-profit that can focus on providing a useful service for the public good that isn’t driven by profit motives.