this is a example search for example when i search [Something] lemmy it will show the reddit link even tho its not reddit releated Update: Finally its the second result lol am prob gonna delete this due to some drama… yeah hello from mastodon or whatever
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.
it does match my search but its reddit and lemmy’s biggest competitor is reddit (the best i can describe it)
Google doesn’t have any reason to think you care about competition based on your query. You asked for a specific bit of information and it showed you websites with that information.
The problem is why is reddit at the top it’s not lemmy which is lemmies competitor
Because Lemmy hasn’t made it to the top yet. Be patient
On DDG it is, fwiw
But the thread is discussing the thing you searched for.
but its reddit
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Who fucking cares, dude? The thread was about Lemmy clients. That is still a very relevant result to your question. If the first result was a thread on Steam’s forums I wouldn’t care either as long as it’s a good thread relevant to your question.
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
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 from the lemmy post and this one is me keyboard mashing
Also, there is great info at lemmyapps.com and the Lemmy Apps Directory.
That’s just another reminder to stop using Google
Bye bye google, hello duckduckgo or SearXNG.
Google pays reddit to show their results in priority.
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I know it’s a circumvention of the issue, and at times annoying, but you can add
-site:reddit.comto the search to rule out a site, iircOr you can just use a different, less biased search engine.
Hate w̶h̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶e̶ Reddit l̶i̶n̶k̶s̶ s̶h̶o̶w̶s̶ u̶p̶ f̶i̶r̶s̶t̶ e̶v̶e̶n̶ t̶h̶o̶ i̶t̶s̶ r̶e̶l̶a̶t̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ l̶e̶m̶m̶y̶ n̶o̶t̶ r̶e̶d̶d̶i̶t̶
Fr reddit sucks it’s soo toxic
Voyager best btw
the search result was a example so yeah not looking for clients rn
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 🙂
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.
brave and startpage aint even that bad duckduckgo is bing bro
Fr fr duckduck got no rizz blud I dunno do you require punctuation?
Really complaining about punctuation on that short of a comment that’s totally legible without it? I envy your free time.
Use a better search engine?
Like what yahoo?
Google paid good money to index Reddit, so OFC they’re going to put their thumb on the scale when sorting the results.
Yep. Here is what I get in duckduckgo:
Ik
Report the link as irrelevant
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.
