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From Peter Geoghegan
Subject Re: "GIN and GiST Index Types" page is about usage in full text search, but looks general purpose
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In response to Re: "GIN and GiST Index Types" page is about usage in full text search, but looks general purpose  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: "GIN and GiST Index Types" page is about usage in full text search, but looks general purpose  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, Apr 12, 2022 at 12:49 PM Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
> I think we should take the index type names out of the section title
> entirely, and name it something generic like "Preferred Index Types for
> Full Text Search".

Agreed.

> After the recent changes discussed on the -www list, it's possible
> that Google will eventually stop indexing the 9.1 page altogether,
> but I'm not holding my breath.

There is always the extreme option of excluding older versions in
robots.txt. I bet that would work. Do you see any downside with that
solution, Jonathan?

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Peter Geoghegan

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