How to Search Lemmy & Kbin using Google
How to Search Lemmy & Kbin using Google
The Issue Most of the time when I Googled something I ended up needing to add "site:reddit.com" to the end of my query to avoid the onslaught of AI-generated, SEO-optimized garbage that plagues the front page of search results. However with Reddit going down the enshittification route, I,
I saw someone post about FediSearch, its very helpful but a little inconvenient to have to switch search engines just for lemmy, so I implemented their search query directly into my browser with Chrome's search shortcuts. Figured I'd write up a guide since this seems to be one thing a lot of y'all are missing from reddit, hope it's helpful :D
(This works for Chrome but not Firefox - they don't allow you to create custom search shortcuts.)
You can absolutely do this in Firefox. Here is a guide on mozilla.org from 2006: https://www-archive.mozilla.org/docs/end-user/keywords.html
I did a couple of test and it didn't give me any useful results, and I'm subscribed to many group who use the keyword in their name.
For now I think that lemmy internal search is way better.
Yeah it's no replacement for "site:reddit.com", but it could be due to there not being that much content on Lemmy at the moment.
When searching for single words (I tested with "jellyfin" and "dnd") I can find results no problem, but the more specific queries that I would previously do with reddit (eg. "dnd point buy") turn up nothing useful.
I mean lemmy internal search. Anyway evrething is moving so fast, i'll test it again in a couple days.
I'm working on something similar but sadly ya, it'll be a different search engine/URL you'll have to visit.
My hope is, it'll work similar to Google but never take you to Google, etc... But will work directly with your preferred instance. So that when you tap on a search result you'll be taken to the post inside your instance that you're already logged into. You'll even be able to self-host it along side your instance as well, if you choose.
The project is still private on GitHub at the moment but I'm aiming to open it up here in the next few weeks after I get the MVP up and going.