Right now just about any query on google relating to an API function for drupal 8 will link you to the 8.2.x API documentation pages. While this might be expected thanks to older links being boosted from external incoming links, there must be some way to generate more SEO juice for the newest documentation pages while deprecating older 8.x versions? It seems too consistent to just be the result of external links.
Example: A google search for "drupal 8 entity type manager" always shows 8.2.x results from api.drupal.org
Entity::entityTypeManager | Entity.php | Drupal 8.2.x | Drupal API
entity_type.manager | core.services.yml | Drupal 8.2.x | Drupal API
Drupal::entityTypeManager | Drupal.php | Drupal 8.2.x | Drupal API
The api pages only reference the version number at the end of the url, and if you remove the version number they do return the latest 8.6 versions, however, somehow google is still universally prioritizing the 8.2.x links.
Could someone try to find out what the issue is?
Thanks everyone!
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📌 Add 'supported' flag to branches to use to direct users and bots Active added a UI and canonical links to older versions :) So I think that implemented the main things suggested here :) It is planned to be rolled out later this week.