They can't turn up because google doesn't index relay notes (like nostr.band) - to do so you'd need to query relays for all the events and then store them.

A web2.0 search typically indexes hyperlinks and the links those are attached to (if a site has lits of connections to it, its assumed to be higher)

This is different because nostr events typically don't have a unique URL assigned to it like other websites.

At least thats my sky high understanding of it.

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That all sounds believable. You definitely know more than me. I know fuck all :)

So... Nostr notes can never appear in Google searches. Like it's impossible? 🤔

At least until they incorporate that process ("relays, plz give me firehouse of events", saves events, ranks them in a way that is compatible with their regular ranking -> now its part of Google's index).

Another option would be if a website links their content to a specific event and then leaves that available for google to index through their web crawlers. Kinda like a bridge, or however Xitter implements it.