Re: once more: documentation search indexing

On Tue, Mar 29, 2022 at 12:33 PM Michael Christofides <michael(at)pgmustard(dot)com>
wrote:

>
>
>> Looks like it's started to work already, at least with Google, at
>> least for me. I notice that Google now links to the version 14 docs
>> for certain likely-common search terms, like "create table
>> postgresql".
>>
>
> I am also now seeing the version 14 documentation for many similar
> searches on Google, and specifically the /current/ URL, which makes me
> think it is a direct result of this change. For example:
> "pg_stat_statements", "auto_explain", "postgres create index", and
> "postgres explain analyze" all now link to the /current/ URL too.
>
> There are some that still link to old versions (again, for me, on Google),
> including "postgres create view" (to version 9.2), and "postgres gin index"
> (to version 9.1). I'm pleasantly surprised how many have already flipped
> though.
>
> Thanks again to all involved!
>
>

Sadly, we do seem to have lost the ability to find old versions. Searching
for example for "pg_stat_statements 9.6" for me still gives the 14 version,
and the 9.6 version only in Russian off the pgpro site.

It is of course another sign that it is working -- because our 9.6 docs
does say "I don't exist, go look at 14 instead", and that's what Google
does.

It would've been nice if there was a way around that, but I think it's just
the price we have to pay. Those that want the 9.6 docs will have to start
from current and add an extra click.

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