Wait until Google bots catch up and drop many of the links back to Reddit.
this post was submitted on 14 Jun 2023
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I just add “forum” to the back of my search
If you've ever owned an older car, you know that this is the absolute best approach.
Good luck getting exceptionally niche advice for things like that on reddit. Forums get so much more specific, you get an entire forum dedicated to one car model that was only built for 5 years and a bunch of people there know literally everything about it, like the fact that you're better off getting an aftermarket PCV valve because those are built a bit better and don't fail early, or the fact that the shifter cable has the tendency to get water in it so you better be careful shifting out of park on a really cold morning, you might just snap the cable if it's old.
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I've definitely felt like my Google searches have been lackluster after a lot of subreddits went dark. from advices to game communities, it sucks to check other forums you have no knowledge of browsing or worse shudders quora
Are lemmy instances indexed properly as well? Would it be enough to put "lemmy" into the search
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You can prepend a link with "cache:" to view Google's cached version of the site. This works automatically with the url bar in at least Firefox and Chrome (likely other browsers as well). If your browser doesn't support that you can enter it in the google search bar and the result will be the cached version of the site (if available)
100% has this happen today. Wanted and answer, the only answer was on Reddit, and the Google link was busted.
It is - but you can still access via archive.org and similar resources.
Doesn't help for searches though
You can copy the address of the search result into the way back machine or Google cache
You're absolutely right, true, but that will work for you and me, but not for your typical user, even the more advanced ones will be stumped at that point
It's also a super clunky way to search. If I'm skimming posts for technical issues that I need a quick turnaround for, I'm probably not going through that hassle unless I'm desperate.
Google should just redirect to the archived page if the link to Reddit is dead.
I've run into this several times already
Didn't notice since I use Kagi...
I did notice that Kagi now informs us about how much tracking and shit the sites are using. It's an info badge for each url.
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kinda think we need a search engine that can index fedirated sites . like lemmy /mastedon /pleroma .etc .etc
searching for help with technical /specific things has become a nightmare .as al the usefull subreddits have gone dark due to the ongoing protest . making google not so helpfull at all to use
I've made a bad habit of attaching the word "reddit" to the end of too many of my searches even for questions that I should be looking for their answers in trusted sources instead of taking answers from random redditors the blackout has helped a little with avoiding that.