Graham PerrinNov 29, 2022

Are Mastodon instances such as this collectively, or individually, indexed by any search engine?

Is Google search my best bet? (I do use Google.)

I guess that https://mastodon.social/ is indexed by Google, because I found something with Startpage.

bsd.network toots apparently not indexed by Google; https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Mastodon%22+site%3Absd.network

Show threadpeter hessler @openbsdNov 30, 2022
@grahamperrin we've done our best to disable all search engines for bsd.network. if you happen to find any that evade our blocks please let us know, as they are usually search engines designed for abuse.
Show threadGraham Perrin

@phessler oh.

What about non-abusive search engines, to find Mastodon content – Mastodon content that Mastodon cannot find?

Nov 30, 2022 at 8:19amWeb
Show threadpeter hessler @openbsdNov 30, 2022
@grahamperrin we don't allow any bsd.network content to be part of any search engine, for any reason.
Show threadsxpertNov 30, 2022
@phessler @grahamperrin what is the rationale ?
Show threadpeter hessler @openbsdNov 30, 2022
@sxpert @grahamperrin because we don't want it.