Google searched worked really well for reddit if trying to find an answer to a technical question or the like. How well will this translate for Lemmy? I assume it would be a lot more difficult as the post could reside on any number of smaller instances.

  • RoundSparrow@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    lemmy-ui dynamically populates content from a JSON fetch in Javascript, so I expect it will be poor for search engines. In both Chrome and FIrefox on desktop, I can’t even save a post or comments with the normal browser ‘save’ feature.

    • Molecular0079@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Doesn’t new Reddit and many other sites do this as well? I suspect this isn’t as big of a problem as it seems.

      • subtext@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        There’s certainly workarounds that are possible. I saw something the other day on a Google help site that provides SEO tips for dynamically generated JavaScript websites. But I’d imagine it hasn’t been a priority for the Lemmy devs yet.