Submitted 4 months ago by Mwa@thelemmy.club to mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world
Google made a deal with Reddit so they artificially push their results to the top. I don’t even know if Google indexes any of the fediverse sites. The mere fact that the fediverse is fragmented probably means hits are spread across sites, lowering the results in the rankings (ten sites with one customer click thru vs one site with ten customer click thrus).
they index lemmy.world the most
They don’t
I know it’s a circumvention of the issue, and at times annoying, but you can add -site:reddit.com to the search to rule put a site, iirc
Or you can just use a different, less biased search engine.
You are using Google which only prioritizes companies they have deals with.
Don’t use Google if you want real answers
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/3a9d9f37-e995-4d6b-b9c6-28f4dc8eba3d.png
I’ve just accepted the tons of Brave downvotes at this point. At least 80% of it’s profit doesn’t come from having Google as the default search engine 🙂
brave and startpage aint even that bad duckduckgo is bing bro
Fr fr duckduck got no rizz blud I dunno do you require punctuation?
That’s honestly way worse because OP asked a subjective question and they likely want subjective answers and actual opinions, and not a list of all the apps.
Better than Google
Also, there is great info at lemmyapps.com and the Lemmy Apps Directory.
alr
Use a better search engine?
Like what yahoo?
Meh. Lemmy’s ephemeral, and there’s no way Google can tell that a link on lemmya.ml and on lemmyb.xxx are actually the same Lemmy post.
tbh, this is a lemmy issue.
Bye bye google, hello duckduckgo or SearXNG.
Google pays reddit to show their results in priority.
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Hate w̶h̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ Reddit l̶i̶n̶k̶s̶ s̶h̶o̶w̶s̶ u̶p̶ f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ e̶v̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶o̶ i̶t̶s̶ r̶e̶l̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ l̶e̶m̶m̶y̶ n̶o̶t̶ r̶e̶d̶d̶i̶t̶
Fr reddit sucks it’s soo toxic
Reddit bills search engines for scraping the site now, and Google is the only one that’s agreed to pay.
Use another search engine and you’ll get less reddit results.
Give kagi a try. Downranking websites is a fantastic feature
Use -reddit.com to remove Reddit from your search results.
Use site: to limit results to a specific site. For example, adding site:lemmy.world will limit all search results to lemmy.world.
I also use a extension to hide it
It will take some time before the algorithm picks it up.
That’s just another reminder to stop using Google
It’s worth “comparison shopping” with search engines. Run some common queries on multiple engines and see which ones fit what you like. Google takes up a lot of the mindshare for sure, but there are absolutely other options that will probably surprise you with how good they are.
When I searched Lemmy Clients first result was a Wiki page, second was the actual join lemmy page, and the third being a Lemmy you should know post about clients
Because I need more links here’s another one with client directory and this one is me keyboard mashing
Voyager best btw
the search result was a example so yeah not looking for clients rn
Report the link as irrelevant
nogooduser@lemmy.world 4 months ago
I don’t see the problem with this search result. You searched for Lemmy clients and the first link gives a list of Lemmy clients for Android. It happens to be on Reddit but it does match your search.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 4 months ago
it does match my search but its reddit and lemmy’s biggest competitor is reddit
bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Google doesn’t have any reason to think you care about competition based on your query. You asked for a specific but of information and it showed you websites with that information.
Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 months ago
If you want a result from a specific website, you need to specify that in your search query. Otherwise, stop complaining about getting the answer you were looking for.
Mwa@thelemmy.club 4 months ago
NorthWestWind@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Because Lemmy hasn’t made it to the top yet. Be patient
JackbyDev@programming.dev 4 months ago
But the thread is discussing the thing you searched for.