Re: old pages getting hits from search engines

Shawn,

This is great to see.

I'm adding an agenda item to our upcoming WAI Coordination Call to see 
if anyone has comments or additional suggestions.

Thanks,

- Judy

On 11/4/2020 1:30 PM, Shawn Henry wrote:
> Hi WAI CC folks,
>
> Several old pages are getting lots of hits from a popular search 
> engine. We need to help people get to current information.
>
> Here are a few quick things that I did on the highest hit pages:
> * https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_aria-label_for_link_purpose
>     - added "This is an outdated draft." and link to WCAG 2.1 Technique
> * 
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/wiki/Using_aria-expanded_to_indicate_the_state_of_a_collapsible_element
>     - added "This is an outdated draft." and have there commented out:
>     "<!-- In 2020, the latest version of this information was at 
> [@@]-->" since I wasn't sure where to point to
> * https://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/TS/html401/cp0403/0403-FONT-COLOR.html
> * 
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/UA/TS/html401/cp0301/0301-CSS-DIV-BACKGROUND-IMAGE.html
>
> Here is a high hit one that I didn't do anything to:
> * https://www.w3.org/WAI/PF/HTML/wiki/RoleAttribute
>
> Feel free to fix any of above.
>
> Please think about overall approaches for better indicating draft and 
> outdated info, and providing links to current info -- and/or excluding 
> some pages from search engine results.
>
> In the meantime, I could provide a list of other pages that are 
> getting lots of hits that I think need status notes and links.
>
> Thanks!
> ~Shawn
> <http://www.w3.org/People/Shawn/>
>
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Judy Brewer
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Received on Wednesday, 4 November 2020 19:14:06 UTC