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Ask HN: Why isn't Google indexing information about the AT Protocol?

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Post by iameli »

I've been observing this for a while, where very basic queries about atproto stuff doesn't show up. But yesterday I found a query that makes it VERY obvious: "list of public atproto relays". Here's DuckDuckGo:

1. https://firehose.directory

2. https://atproto.at/relays

3. https://atproto.wiki/en/wiki/reference/core-architecture/relay

4. https://pulsar.feeds.blue

5. https://leaflet.pub/12022731-ae4f-4a13-9f7a-5738b7a83c2e

Of those results, Google only has 3, the only one on the list that... doesn't have a list of public atproto relays. None of the other sites are present anywhere. Trying not to assume malice instead of incompetence here, but it's really ironic that one of the ecosystems with the strongest ties to the open web, with users creating dozens of new websites every week, isn't getting indexed.

Re: Ask HN: Why isn't Google indexing information about the AT Protocol?

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Post by iameli »

runningmike wrote: post #2

I got 2300 results. DuckDuckGo Uses google. Google is very personalised. They use many dirty tricks to give personalised results. Use another box and check the results again.

Are any of those results a list of public atproto relays?

Re: Ask HN: Why isn't Google indexing information about the AT Protocol?

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Post by runningmike »

iameli wrote: post #3
runningmike wrote: post #2

I got 2300 results. DuckDuckGo Uses google. Google is very personalised. They use many dirty tricks to give personalised results. Use another box and check the results again.

Are any of those results a list of public atproto relays?

Yes.

Re: Ask HN: Why isn't Google indexing information about the AT Protocol?

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Post by iameli »

runningmike wrote: post #4
iameli wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are any of those results a list of public atproto relays?

Yes.

Could you link it? Curious to see how buried it is for me. Personalization is one thing but on my results I'm getting Tor relays, Nostr relays, IPFS relays, and Fediverse relays and I haven't yet seen a list of atproto relays. I'm on like page 6 now.

Re: Ask HN: Why isn't Google indexing information about the AT Protocol?

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Post by danabramov »

seanhunter wrote: post #5

Use incognito/private browsing mode to get a genuine sense of whether something isn’t in the index or whether google decides that even though you’re asking for it you probably don’t want it.

I can reproduce the same in incognito mode.
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