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That feeling when you're googling the answer to some technical question, and your own Lemmy post appears 4 results down. (lemmy.one)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hopefully this kind of content is ok here. Up until recently, when I would be searching for some kind of technical info, the top (and best) results would usually all be Reddit posts. I was very pleasantly surprised to do that this time and find a Lemmy post instead!

...It did happen to be a post from me, so unfortunately didn't answer my question at all, but I still thought it was really neat and wanted to share. Has anyone else seen Lemmy stuff getting indexed and turning up in their search results?

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Quick reminder that Google's search results are partially impacted by your location, language, device type, search history and cookies.

Source: https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/12412910?sjid=12467677493375888160-EU

https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/10909618?sjid=12467677493375888160-EU#zippy=%2Chow-to-control-your-search-history

[–] can 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

While true, I just tried in an incognito window and the post was #5

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Incognito window

Oh, my sweet summer child.

[–] can 6 points 11 months ago

I know, I know. I nearly added a disclaimer. Point is I'm not OP and I've never searched for that kind of thing. At most they know I like lemmy.