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sitemap.xml: switch from versioned manual URLs to stable/devel#482

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@neteler neteler commented Nov 27, 2024

So far https://grass.osgeo.org/sitemap.xml showed the versioned manual pages which is unhelpful in terms of consolidating search engine results for manuals. In the past months we were penalized by "duplicate content".

For an overview, see OSGeo/grass#4579

For efforts to address this situation, see

This PR changes the URL in sitemap.xml from versioned manual URLs to grass-stable/grass-devel in order to complete the other PRs.

This also makes the manual "landing" independent from the actual version.

So far https://grass.osgeo.org/sitemap.xml showed the versioned manual pages which is unhelpful in terms of consolidating search engine results for manuals.
In the past months we were penalized by "duplicate content".

For an overview, see OSGeo/grass#4579

For efforts to address this situation, see

- OSGeo/grass-addons#1168
- OSGeo/grass-addons#1241

This PR changes the URL in `sitemap.xml` from versioned manual URLs to grass-stable/grass-devel in order to complete the other PRs.
@neteler neteler merged commit fdb0269 into OSGeo:master Nov 27, 2024
@neteler neteler deleted the sitemap_SEO_stable_devel_switch branch November 27, 2024 21:41
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