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Unlist outdated Rust pages from search engines #43385

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oli-obk opened this issue Jul 21, 2017 · 2 comments
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Unlist outdated Rust pages from search engines #43385

oli-obk opened this issue Jul 21, 2017 · 2 comments
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A-docs Area: Documentation for any part of the project, including the compiler, standard library, and tools

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oli-obk commented Jul 21, 2017

https://doc.rust-lang.org/1.0.0/book/installing-rust.html is the third result for "windows rust install" on duckduckgo

Could either outdated pages be marked as such so search engines start to move them down or the links adjusted, so even if someone ends up on that page they notice it's outdated? I'm not sure what the correct policy on that is, but something should be done about it. That page lists direct links to 1.0.0 beta installers

EDIT: the best solution might be something like what boost does: place a big banner on the top of the page noting that the page is outdated and offer a link to the current page.

@sfackler sfackler added the A-docs Area: Documentation for any part of the project, including the compiler, standard library, and tools label Jul 21, 2017
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cc @steveklabnik

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See rust-lang/rfcs#1826 and tons of other issues already on the tracker.

I'm going to close this in favor of those, thanks!

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