Thread: [pgsql-advocacy] Does Google like old versions of the Postgres docs?

[pgsql-advocacy] Does Google like old versions of the Postgres docs?

From
Chris Mair
Date:
Hi,

is it just me, or does Google like old versions of the Postgres
docs?

I seem to get a first hit pointing to 9.1 very often. Just now I googled

   postgres earthdistance

and got a pointer to the 8.3 (!) version, even.

Any thoughts about why that's happening?

Bye,
Chris.





Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Does Google like old versions of the Postgresdocs?

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
On 03/16/2017 01:35 PM, Chris Mair wrote:
> Hi,
>
> is it just me, or does Google like old versions of the Postgres
> docs?
>
> I seem to get a first hit pointing to 9.1 very often. Just now I googled
>
>   postgres earthdistance
>
> and got a pointer to the 8.3 (!) version, even.
>
> Any thoughts about why that's happening?

This has been discussed, several times that I can recall, on pgsql-www.
IIRC, our web team is doing something about this, but it's slow to take
effect on Google's listings.


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Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Does Google like old versions of the Postgresdocs?

From
Stephen Frost
Date:
* Josh Berkus (josh@berkus.org) wrote:
> On 03/16/2017 01:35 PM, Chris Mair wrote:
> > is it just me, or does Google like old versions of the Postgres
> > docs?
> >
> > I seem to get a first hit pointing to 9.1 very often. Just now I googled
> >
> >   postgres earthdistance
> >
> > and got a pointer to the 8.3 (!) version, even.
> >
> > Any thoughts about why that's happening?
>
> This has been discussed, several times that I can recall, on pgsql-www.
> IIRC, our web team is doing something about this, but it's slow to take
> effect on Google's listings.

My recollection is more along the lines of- we've tried a bunch of stuff
and nothing seems to work.

Thanks!

Stephen

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Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Does Google like old versions of the Postgresdocs?

From
Adrian Klaver
Date:
On 03/16/2017 02:27 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> * Josh Berkus (josh@berkus.org) wrote:
>> On 03/16/2017 01:35 PM, Chris Mair wrote:
>>> is it just me, or does Google like old versions of the Postgres
>>> docs?
>>>
>>> I seem to get a first hit pointing to 9.1 very often. Just now I googled
>>>
>>>   postgres earthdistance
>>>
>>> and got a pointer to the 8.3 (!) version, even.
>>>
>>> Any thoughts about why that's happening?
>>
>> This has been discussed, several times that I can recall, on pgsql-www.
>> IIRC, our web team is doing something about this, but it's slow to take
>> effect on Google's listings.
>
> My recollection is more along the lines of- we've tried a bunch of stuff
> and nothing seems to work.

Has anyone asked the Django docs team how they do it?

The docs layout is similar:

postgres earthdistance
https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/earthdistance.html

django group by
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/db/aggregation/

Where 1.10 is the latest production version.


>
> Thanks!
>
> Stephen
>


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Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Does Google like old versions of the Postgresdocs?

From
Peter Eisentraut
Date:
On 3/16/17 17:43, Adrian Klaver wrote:
> On 03/16/2017 02:27 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> My recollection is more along the lines of- we've tried a bunch of stuff
>> and nothing seems to work.
>
> Has anyone asked the Django docs team how they do it?
>
> The docs layout is similar:
>
> postgres earthdistance
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/earthdistance.html
>
> django group by
> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/db/aggregation/
>
> Where 1.10 is the latest production version.


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Re: [pgsql-advocacy] Does Google like old versions of the Postgresdocs?

From
Adrian Klaver
Date:
On 03/16/2017 04:27 PM, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 3/16/17 17:43, Adrian Klaver wrote:
>> On 03/16/2017 02:27 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>>> My recollection is more along the lines of- we've tried a bunch of stuff
>>> and nothing seems to work.
>>
>> Has anyone asked the Django docs team how they do it?
>>
>> The docs layout is similar:
>>
>> postgres earthdistance
>> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.3/static/earthdistance.html
>>
>> django group by
>> https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/topics/db/aggregation/
>>
>> Where 1.10 is the latest production version.
>
>
https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CABUevEzs7h5uA7wBNZ0rO0SQYrHY%3DB0ZVGcXLTmENORH-iMRNA%40mail.gmail.com#CABUevEzs7h5uA7wBNZ0rO0SQYrHY=B0ZVGcXLTmENORH-iMRNA@mail.gmail.com

Aah, so done. Thanks for the link.

>
>


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