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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 1 year ago by MxRemy@lemmy.one to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you're referring to DuckDuckGo, it's just Bing under the hood.

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Right, but the hood is so shiny. :)

[–] magikmw@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've tried to confirm, but can't find any info on that. Care to provide a source?

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

You can also search Bing and DDG side by side in private browsing sessions.

https://duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/results/sources/

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo#:~:text=It%20is%20because%20the%20company,Microsoft%20trackers%20in%20its%20browsers.