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.
The problem is why is reddit at the top it’s not lemmy which is lemmies competitor
it does match my search but its reddit and lemmy’s biggest competitor is reddit (the best i can describe it)
Google paid good money to index Reddit, so OFC they’re going to put their thumb on the scale when sorting the results.
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).
You are using Google which only prioritizes companies they have deals with.
Don’t use Google if you want real answers
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 out a site, iirc
