[Q] Could a thread about SEO and NSG be made in NSG?

[Forsher]

I used the term Karenocracy just now and decided to see if anyone else has said it. First I searched NSG and found only my conversation, so I went to Google. There were hardly any results and I got to the end of page five and still hadn't seen my conversation show up. So I searched for "Karenocracy Forsher" on Google and as far as Google is concerned, the conversation where I said Karenocracy does not exist.

Now, I'm assuming what's happened here is a specific policy decision. I am sure back when I could find comments on NSG using Google searches and I know for sure that we could use the forum's search function whilst not being logged in. Being the all knowing tech whiz that I am, I assume Google's failure to find my comment is related to no longer being able to search the forum without being logged in.

Given that it appears that being undiscoverable by Google is likely a policy decision, would it be okay to make a thread in NSG about the merits of having NSG be easily found by Google?

*checks facts by trying to find an older post*

Okay... so it may be a timing thing... I found a thread of mine I made years ago on Google. But this still feels like it might be a bit too close to something like "NSG Culture and the Rules" which I know is a type of conversation that no longer belongs on NSG, so it's still worth asking about.

[Giovenith]

I wouldn't, it sounds too close to me like a discussion about site policy, which would not be appropriate for NSG.

[The Blaatschapen]

I'm not sure when we could search for posts while not being logged in, but I can state with confidence that indeed it's not there now, and we have technical reasons to not (re-)enable that feature.

[Luna Amore]

If you search Karenocracy and Forsher, this thread it the top result so there's something else at play here.

[Dimetrodon Empire]

[Deleted; misread]

[Wormfodder Delivery]

DuckDuckGo doesn't bring it up either, just Karenocracy from different places or some person with the surname Forsher, as well as the German Pokemon Wiki's page for the trainer class researcher.

[Forsher]

If you search Karenocracy and Forsher, this thread it the top result so there's something else at play here.

Bizarre.

I'm not sure when we could search for posts while not being logged in, but I can state with confidence that indeed it's not there now, and we have technical reasons to not (re-)enable that feature.

I feel like the change wasn't that long ago (i.e. within the last five years) but that may just have been when I first noticed.

I wouldn't, it sounds too close to me like a discussion about site policy, which would not be appropriate for NSG.

Okay. Understood.

[Dimetrodon Empire]

I feel like the change wasn't that long ago (i.e. within the last five years) but that may just have been when I first noticed.

It happened around last year due to guests using it as a form of attack. viewtopic.php?p=38544501#p38544501

[Turniver]

Just wanna add that you're right about Google's tricky ways of indexing forums, it can indeed be a timing thing. But let's deep dive into your Karenocracy predicament

[Crazy girl]

Let's not gravedig, specially in Moderation.