You can still see lemm.ee for example on search results since the metadata was saved by it, you can see a snippet and the topic title but of course upon clicking you will hit a dead end since its been shutdown.

Is there something like Serpia Search use case for browsing content from PeerTube instances to be used to search such topics we can still see on search engine results to find them without necessarily using an instance? I was wondering if there was and had an API maybe it could be used like on SearX to gather an alternative link for such cases when clicking in a result from a closed instance

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[–] Kierunkowy74@piefed.social 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You probably want to use another Lemmy instance to search for this content.

(and actually Sepia Search is simply a search engine for PeerTube and that's it. You are still getting the video only after you visit the instance...)

[–] socol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

i dont think you understood OP's question and underlying points. the point of the question is about getting a working link out of a closed instance link ending up on search results, yes you could do what you just said but OP is talking about a faster and easier way to simplify that process for search engines to give back that working link, at least thats what i understood, plus selfhosting just a search engine of threadiverse/forumverse like Sepia Search would be less resource demanding than probably hosting a whole Lemmy/PieFed instance just for that purpose, OP is suggesting a different approach or moreso wondering if its already a thing and just isnt aware of the existence of one