•  twitterfluechtling   ( @twitterfluechtling@lemmy.pathoris.de ) 
    17•1 year ago

    The article starts with absolute non-news: To get results on reddit.com you should addd site:reddit.com to your search, not just Reddit.

    Unfortunately, I think this is a disadvantage of the Fediverse when it comes to search: The “site:” operator won’t work when searching for topics discussed e.g. on Lemmy since there is no common, general domain name.

    Maybe that would be a great next step for a search-engine provider to be better: Add a new, flexible operator, like scope, and index the data of the fediverse or other distributed services for search. E.g. DIY Esp8266 camera activator scope:fediverse, scope:lemmy or maybe scope:diaspora

    •  Spzi   ( @Spzi@lemm.ee ) 
      3•1 year ago

      he “site:” operator won’t work when searching for topics discussed e.g. on Lemmy since there is no common, general domain name.

      Agreed, that’s the problem.

      Maybe that would be a great next step for a search-engine provider to be better: Add a new, flexible operator, like scope, and index the data of the fediverse or other distributed services for search.

      Also agreed, that would be a solution. I’m doubtful wether they deem a particular network important enough to justify the extra effort on their part.

      Is it possible to pipe search queries through a website? If yes, then let’s make a fedi-search! In which you can find any publicly available fediverse content.

      Would it then be possible to google for site:fedi-search?

    •  jarfil   ( @jarfil@lemmy.ml ) 
      1•1 year ago

      Add a new, flexible operator, like scope

      That sounds like an interesting idea. I wonder if it could be proposed to DDG, or added as an extra filter to the likes of SearXNG.