Reddit, Quora, and other internet forums that have climbed up through the traditional set of Google links. Data analysis from Semrush, which predicts traffic based on search ranking, shows that traffic to Reddit has climbed at an impressive clip since August 2023. Semrush estimated that Reddit had over 132 million visitors in August 2023. At the time of publishing, it was projected to have over 346 million visitors in April 2024.

  • Bigfoot@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    This is actually a good sign that Google is taking steps to fix their broken search engine. All it seems to deliver anymore as SEO-optimized crap “blogs” with affiliate links. Linking to Reddit without the user having to include “reddit” in the search is a sign they’re actually trying to deliver good results again.

    • rasakaf679@lemmy.mlEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      You can use -

      intext:“modlog” & “instances” & “docs” & “code” & “join lemmy”

      Just pin it in clipboard. Use it after search to get results from across Lemmy

  • nomad@infosec.pubEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    I’m surprised nobody mentioned the AI training data deal that Google and reddit have. Google has every incentive to boost reddit rating to get more high quality training data.

    • Rob T Firefly@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      I’m surprised nobody mentioned the AI training data deal that Google and reddit have.

      The linked article mentions it clearly.

  • Fisch@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    These sites are great for finding answers but Lemmy solves the same problem as they do. I’m actually seeing Lemmy results quite often from google recently too (I’m using SearXNG btw, it displays what search engines individual results are from).

    • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      Is there anyway to search all Lemmy instances through Google or DuckDuckGo like site:reddit.com?

        • IllNess@infosec.pubEnglish
          2·
          5 months ago

          Your suggestion would be great.

          For the time being, I was using OR and shoving the top 8 instances from Lemmy Explorer.

          site:alien.top OR site:lemmy.world OR site:lemmy.ml OR site:lemm.ee OR site:sh.itjust.works OR site:hexbear.net OR site:beehaw.org OR site:lemmy.dbzer0.com

          DuckDuckGo Link

          Google Link

  • hahattpro@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    really ? How reddit take over google when reddit is slow and clutter while google still fast ?