Date Posted: August 2025

Short answer: No.

We index and rank websites based on the quality and relevance of their content, not on what kind of web server is running in the background. Whether your site is powered by Apache, IIS, NGINX, or some lesser-known setup you’ve compiled yourself in a basement with a pot of coffee, we don’t factor it into our ranking decisions.

Just like with your site’s IP address, web server software is simply a delivery mechanism. It’s the postman, not the letter. And we’re interested in what’s inside that letter.

Some search engines or SEO “gurus” might claim that your choice of web server can affect performance scores, and that performance can influence rankings. At Fynd, page speed is not part of any ranking formula. A fast, reliable site is always better for visitors, but we won’t rank you higher or lower based on how fast it loads or which server you use.

Our crawling system works the same way with all major (and even obscure) web servers. As long as your server speaks standard HTTP(S) and doesn’t block our crawler, Fynd treats it equally. No favoritism. No bias. No “secret preference” for a particular software vendor.

At the end of the day, visitors care about your content, and so do we. Your choice of web server should be based on your needs, your budget, and your technical comfort level, not because you think it’ll give you an SEO edge.

Bottom line: If it can serve your pages to the internet, we’ll find them, index them, and rank them purely on merit.

Date Posted: July 2025

Not every website wants to be found. That might sound strange coming from a search engine team, but it’s true.

Some pages just aren’t meant to be indexed, login forms, admin dashboards, test pages, random junk that isn’t ready for prime time. There’s a simple way websites let crawlers know this:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex">

If you’ve never seen that before, it’s basically a polite “no trespassing” sign for search engines, and our crawlers listen. If our crawler sees that noindex tag, it stops immediately. The page is skipped and won’t show up in Fynd results at all.

It’s all part of making Fynd a better, more respectful search engine. One that sees the open web, but knows when to keep out.

Date Posted: July 2025

We’re excited to announce a small but powerful update to the Fynd search experience, favicons are now included alongside search results!

You’ll now see each website’s favicon (also known as a site icon) next to the result title. This tiny image might not seem like much, but it goes a long way in helping you quickly recognize your favorite sites at a glance.

Whether it’s the red play button for YouTube, the blue "f" of Facebook, or the familiar icon of your favorite blog, these visual cues make it easier to spot trusted sources, browse confidently, and enjoy a cleaner, more polished results page.

Date Posted: July 2025

When you visit a website, you probably notice how some end with .com, .net, or .org. But did you know there are also endings like .uk for the United Kingdom, .fr for France, or .br for Brazil? These are called ccTLDs, which stands for country-code top-level domains.

Each ccTLD is made for a specific country. So, if a business wants to have a website just for people in Germany, they might use .de. That makes sense and can be helpful when content is made for a local audience, in their language and with their needs in mind.

But not everyone uses ccTLDs that way. Sometimes, people make hundreds of nearly identical websites, changing only the ccTLD, like one with .us, another with .ca, .au, and so on, even when the sites are all meant for the same audience. These don’t always add value. Some are even used to try and trick search engines by creating what's known as a link farm, a big pile of similar pages that just link to each other.

If you run different websites using different ccTLDs, that’s okay! But here's a good tip: if the sites all link to each other too much, it might look suspicious. It’s better to keep those cross-links small and natural, not like one big circle of pages pointing back and forth.

We think ccTLDs should be used for real, helpful content made for people in each country. If someone is just using ccTLDs to make a lot of lookalike sites for SEO (search engine optimization), we may skip them to keep your search results clear and useful.

So next time you see a website ending in .nl or .jp, remember, it’s supposed to help people in those places, and Fynd is working to make sure that’s how it stays.

Date Posted: July 2025

Sometimes you want to find something on a specific website, like Pinterest. With Fynd, you do not need any special tricks, just type what you are looking for and add the site name.

For example, if you want to see recipe ideas on Pinterest, just search:

recipe ideas pinterest

That will show you results that talk about recipe ideas and are from Pinterest. You can do this with other websites too, like Reddit, YouTube, Twitter, or Wikipedia. Just add the name of the site to your search.

It is fast, easy, and helps you find what you need quicker!