Great, though note I simply implemented exactly your proposal. :-)

Gj

On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 7:25 PM Eirik Bakke <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thank, Geertjan!
>
> Testing it now, all of the top Google results for "netbeans download" and
> "download netbeans" now seem to go straight to the latest
> version--excellent! And the old versions are nicely tucked away on the
> download page (but still accessible) on new URLs.
>
> -- Eirik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 4, 2020 9:44 AM
> To: dev <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Last call: please review Features and Download pages
>
> On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 5:47 PM Eirik Bakke <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Following up from an earlier Twitter thread [1], Google searches for
> > "netbeans download" or "download netbeans" still point to download
> > pages for old NetBeans version [2]. The latest Apache version does not
> > show up until result number 8 (which nobody will see). This is a big
> problem.
> >
> > I'd propose the following solution:
> >
>
>
> Thanks Eirik. I'm in the process of implementing this.
>
> Gj
>
>
>
> > * Have each of the download pages for the old versions [2] permanent
> > redirect to https://netbeans.apache.org/download
> > * Move each of the old pages to a new subdirectory called "old", e.g.
> > move https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.0.2/ to
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/old/8.0.2/
> > * Put a small "Older Versions" link from
> > https://netbeans.apache.org/download to
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/old
> > (with links to the old pages in their new locations in the "old"
> > subdirectory)
> >
> > -- Eirik
> > [1] https://twitter.com/heribertoRiosO/status/1228541656330309632?s=20
> > [2] Current top 7 hits on Google for "netbeans download":
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.0.2/
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.2/
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/7.1.2/
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/7.0/
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/8.0.1
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/7.0.1/
> > https://netbeans.org/downloads/6.8/
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 3, 2020 4:15 AM
> > To: dev <[email protected]>
> > Subject: Last call: please review Features and Download pages
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > All the stars are aligning at the moment and the 11.3 release is
> > tantalizingly nigh.
> >
> > Would be great if everyone would give a quick look at the below, which
> > have not yet been linked into the main download page, but will be when
> > we announce the release:
> >
> > Download page:
> >
> > https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb113/nb113.html
> >
> > Features page:
> >
> > https://netbeans.apache.org/download/nb113/index.html
> >
> > Please check links and read texts to see if there are any glitches or
> > omissions.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gj
> >
>
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