NOTE: the late "Lemmy" is a beloved Brit* musician from an enjoyable rock band, perhaps with some Led Zep-type analogues? (sorry, I just didn't know him very well; kinda before my time)
Okay, what I'm trying to explain here is how we search for things and how we find them, particularly when we include the magical word: "Lemmy" in our searches.
For example-- I can just half-awake, lazily type something like "reddit" + search term, and BOOM! Robert's your avuncular figure.**
Now, by comparison, hopping on an instance, so far I've found that searches within the Lemmysphere are remarkably strong. (well, at least for lemm.ee; I love my instance)
Unfortunately, that's not how most people search and find us, which more typically involves Google, etc.
Hence my question, laddies & lassies-- i.e. is there anything we can do to influence how this search-stuff works...?
* see, I always find a way to relate things back to Europe, haha
** like "there you go," ie. "Bob's your uncle," a classic Brit pub-phrase
Maybe by sheer volume, but it also kinda defeats the aim of the Lemmysphere and FV as I understand it.
And you know, there are some other major instances besides LW. If you look at the classic 'globe-chart' I think that's proven out.
But, I think you're also kinda acknowledging that, so not trying to pick a fight with you or anything. :S
Oh yea, totally agree. It's a terrible solution, but it is a solution. I would much prefer something like SearXNG being able to array filter all Fediverse domains.
Ooh, that's right!
SearXNG, yes!
Now, I've heard nothing but good things about it, and it seemed to work NICELY when I last tried it.
Ugh, TBH, I'm *not* very smart upon this stuff. Hopefully we as a group can improve the situation, tho..?