Chris Trottier"We can't do anything about Google's indexing about the Fediverse, so we're giving them a pass."
No, you can do something about Google: build better Fediverse search.
By the way, the window of opportunity to build better Fediverse search than Google is closing every day.
Each day that Fediverse search is not built is another day Google extends its monopoly into the Fediverse.
What good is de-centralization if centralization occurs via search?
It's all fun and games until Google monetizes Fediverse search results.
Derek Powazek 🐐@atomicpoet it’s only a matter of time. It’s just like the time before the blog indexing began.
Bill Seitz@fraying @atomicpoet have any instances set robot exclusion rules? Has Google honored them?