Discoverability is a problem for this site, and I want to discuss one particular problem that I think is specific to JLU:
If you search for romanized Japanese on Google, you won't find results written in kana or kanji; if you search for kana or kanji, you won't find results that are written using romanized Japanese.
Let's use the latest question as an example:
- If I search for what is the difference between 部屋 and 室, it's the top result;
- If I search for what is the difference between へや and しつ, it's the top result again;
- If I search for what is the difference between heya and shitsu, it's nowhere to be found.
Now let's pick a question with rōmaji and search for it:
- If I search for why are there two versions of the kanji for tsumetai, it's the top result;
- If I search for why are there two versions of the kanji for つめたい, it's nowhere to be found.
People discover JLU by searching for kana and kanji, but people also discover JLU by searching for romanized Japanese. It seems unfortunate that searchers must choose the same orthography as askers in order to find our site.
Is there something we can do to improve this situation?
EDIT: See also the discussion in cypher's answer to the linked question.