DuckDuckGo has the same annoying behaviour. Cheers, Martin
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Tom Brennan <[email protected]> Date: Monday, 17 March 2025 at 14:58 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Links for ESS manuals IBM should remove the version number from the URL's for the latest doc. Then maybe Google will get the hint and quit sending me to old versions, unless I'm specifically looking for those. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/ < current https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0 < old https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0 < older Then when the new version arrives: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/ < current https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/3.1.0 < old https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.5.0 < older https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/zos/2.4.0 < older On 3/17/2025 7:39 AM, billogden wrote: >> I have found google to be useless for locating old IBM manuals. > > While it is not exactly relevant to IBM-MAIN topics, I seem to see recent > google results as having considerably less "accuracy" than in earlier days > and considerably more "advertising" or "marketing" orientation. I find I am > using it less now than I did a year or two ago. (Even for z/OS-related > searches!) I realize this is a fuzzy topic that could be debated at least a > dozen different ways but, to me at least, it has somewhat reduced the > usefulness of the web. > > Bill Ogden > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Unless otherwise stated above: IBM United Kingdom Limited Registered in England and Wales with number 741598 Registered office: Building C, IBM Hursley Office, Hursley Park Road, Winchester, Hampshire SO21 2JN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
