Better SEO for "Scala spec" #1222

steinybot · 2021-03-08T19:52:37Z

Being a lazy Googler I search for "Scala spec" instead of "Scala specification" or "Scala language specification". This only returns the archived 2.11 spec from https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/.

Searching for "Scala specification" will show that Google has ranked the archive spec higher than the latest one (perhaps not much can be done about this if there are too many inbound links to it).

Pretty minor problem but I've hit it enough times recently that it bugged me enough to raise an issue about it.

preveen-stack · 2023-05-31T05:32:44Z

https://developers.google.com/search/docs/fundamentals/seo-starter-guide

May be we can improve content to make sure that google identifies this better
view-source:https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/

<html>
--
  | <head>
  | <meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />
  |  
  | <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="public/favicon.ico">
  | <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="public/favicon.ico">
  |  
  | <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
  | <title>Scala Language Specification</title>
  |  
  | <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="public/stylesheets/screen.css">
  | <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="public/stylesheets/screen-toc.css">
  | <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="public/stylesheets/fonts.css">
  | </head>
  |  
  | <body>
  | <header>
  | <div id="header-main">
  | <img id="scala-logo" src="public/images/scala-spiral-white.png" />
  | <span id="title">Scala Language Specification</span>
  | <a id="github" href="https://github.com/scala/scala/tree/2.11.x/spec"><img src="public/images/github-logo@2x.png" alt="Edit at Github"></a>
  | </div>
  | <div id="header-sub">Version 2.11</div>
  | </header>

<html>
<head>
  <meta http-equiv='Content-Type' content='text/html; charset=utf-8' />

  <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="[public/favicon.ico](https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/public/favicon.ico)">
  <link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/png" href="[public/favicon.ico](https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/public/favicon.ico)">

  <script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-3.4.1.min.js"></script>
  <title>Scala Language Specification</title>

  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="[public/stylesheets/screen.css](https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/public/stylesheets/screen.css)">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="[public/stylesheets/screen-toc.css](https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/public/stylesheets/screen-toc.css)">
  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="[public/stylesheets/fonts.css](https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/public/stylesheets/fonts.css)">
</head>

<body>
<header>
  <div id="header-main">
  <img id="scala-logo" src="[public/images/scala-spiral-white.png](https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/public/images/scala-spiral-white.png)" />
  <span id="title">Scala Language Specification</span>
  <a id="github" href="https://github.com/scala/scala/tree/2.11.x/spec"><img src="[public/images/github-logo@2x.png](https://scala-lang.org/files/archive/spec/2.11/public/images/github-logo@2x.png)" alt="Edit at Github"></a>
  </div>
  <div id="header-sub">Version 2.11</div>
</header>

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Better SEO for "Scala spec" #1222

Better SEO for "Scala spec" #1222

steinybot commented Mar 8, 2021 •

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preveen-stack commented May 31, 2023 •

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Better SEO for "Scala spec" #1222

Better SEO for "Scala spec" #1222

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