Done https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=558301
Probably needs better component, please change component as you see fit. ~~~ Jonah Graham Kichwa Coders www.kichwacoders.com On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 at 09:49, Denis Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > Jonah, > > That's a great point. I think we can do something smart here: > > When a user hits https://eclipse.org/documentation/ we could examine the > referer, and add some text at the top of the page to indicate the user has > requested older docs, with a suggested link to the same doc on the latest > install. > > That will help newer docs rank on search engines, help de-list older docs, > and still provide service to the user. > > We should also verify that we are sending a 301 Permanent redirect, not a > 302 Temporary one. > > If you think this makes sense, I think next step is a bug. > > > Denis > > > On 2019-12-13 9:25 a.m., Jonah Graham wrote: > > Hi Fred, > > I think it is great to get rid of the old documentation - indeed the other > day I did a google search and didn't realize I was looking at an old > version of the documentation. > > That leads me to my issue with removing - and I don't have a solution, > just a concern. Googling or duckduckgoing many eclipse topics have > help.eclipse.org/kepler in the results (some have neon). What is the > effect on SEO of just removing kepler? Will all relevant search results > from google just disappear making it harder to find information until > google and the like re-rank the results higher? > > Almost all the results work if kepler is just replaced with 2019-09 (or > 2019-12 or latest presumably). > > I see in the time that I have been writing the email that > help.eclipse.org/kepler has disappeared - the effect that it is harder to > find the results because the search within infocenter is not as good as > google. > > Thanks > Jonah > > > > > ~~~ > Jonah Graham > Kichwa Coders > www.kichwacoders.com > > > On Fri, 13 Dec 2019 at 08:22, Frederic Gurr < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> To further streamline our services and reduce maintenance overhead we >> will no longer host info centers at https://help.eclipse.org that are >> older than two years (or 8 quarterly releases). >> >> For older releases people will be advised to run the infocenters locally >> by downloading the corresponding Eclipse IDE (Eclipse SDK or EPP >> package) from >> * https://archive.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ or >> * https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/ >> >> How to start or stop information center from command line: >> * >> >> https://help.eclipse.org/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fua_help_setup_infocenter.htm >> >> People trying to access old infocenter URLs will be forwarded to >> https://www.eclipse.org/documentation >> >> Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. >> >> Regards, >> >> Fred >> >> -- >> Frederic Gurr >> Release Engineer | Eclipse Foundation Europe GmbH >> >> Annastr. 46, D-64673 Zwingenberg >> Handelsregister: Darmstadt HRB 92821 >> Managing Directors: Ralph Mueller, Mike Milinkovich, Gaël Blondelle >> _______________________________________________ >> cross-project-issues-dev mailing list >> [email protected] >> To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe >> from this list, visit >> https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe from > this list, > visithttps://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev > > _______________________________________________ > cross-project-issues-dev mailing list > [email protected] > To change your delivery options, retrieve your password, or unsubscribe > from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/cross-project-issues-dev
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