Search engines do indeed index Lemmy instances, just as with any other public web site.
For example:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aprogramming.dev+humor
Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.
For discussion about the lemmy.ml instance, go to !meta@lemmy.ml.
Search engines do indeed index Lemmy instances, just as with any other public web site.
For example:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aprogramming.dev+humor
Good to know, thank you!
You can append (intext:"modlog" & "instances" & "docs" & "code" & "join lemmy")
to your search query to search through all Lemmy instances. Works with Google, Startpage, SearX.
People are already working on unified search tool, it’s not really hard as all you need is a list of instances and and a way to index them.