4 ms·
> They are running a reverse wayback machine in that anything not changed in the last year gets removed. Sometimes I wish that were true! Try Googling for, say
by koreth1 6y ago
> They are running a reverse wayback machine in that anything not changed in the last year gets removed.
Sometimes I wish that were true! Try Googling for, say, PostgreSQL documentation and the top result will often be for a 10-year-old version of the software.
- pphysch 6y agoNitpick, that's kind of a non example because the official Postgres docs let you swap versions more or less seamlessly. IME I will click the top result then click the correct version for my Postgres SE queries. 2 clicks, 0 scrolling.
- koreth1 6y agoSure, but 1 click and 0 scrolling would be better!
- TuringTest 6y agoTry the button I'm feeling lucky!
- ZeikJT 6y agoBefore the omnibar became popular I used to use google as my homepage and I'd type website keywords then "I'm feeling lucky" to get to my frequent websites. I think bookmarks took up too much space vertically so this was my solution /shrug
- rpdillon 6y agoYou're right. I tend to click back, then revise my search to include the version, and then click the result, so Google gets the message that when I search for Postgres docs, I want the most recent version. I have no idea if this actually works, but I heard Google uses bounces to determine relevancy, so I thought it was worth a shot.
- aarong11 6y agoMight as well piss in the wind. The number of back-links from different sources probably has a much larger effect.
- raverbashing 6y agoWell it might be easy to switch but it is a good example Why is it that Google is thinking the older page is more relevant? Does PageRank outrank content (and Google is oblivious to similar pages that have different versions?)
- FalconSensei 6y agothat's why I always filter by last year
- ajmurmann 6y agoOne would expect that with their resources they could figure out for which topics recency matters and for which it doesn't.