Google results point to old versions of the FreeBSD handbook

It gets worse than that.
Some developers have saved old copies of the handbook and hosted on FreeBSD infrastructure and Google indexed them.
 
When I run the exact Google search "freebsd 13 logger separate file", I get as the first result a few discussions here on the forum, and the second result is an indented list of documentation. The first entry in that list is https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/ which is the up-to-date version.

Note that search results may be personalized, to your (and my) history.
 
If you search for "filter bubble" you'll see what the search engines do. Not saying there aren't things that couldn't be looked at/improved, just that what everyone gets in their search results might be different.
 
ralphbsz said:
When I run the exact Google search "freebsd 13 logger separate file", I get as the first result a few discussions here on the forum, and the second result is an indented list of documentation. The first entry in that list is https://docs.freebsd.org/en/books/handbook/config/ which is the up-to-date version.

Note that search results may be personalized, to your (and my) history.
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Location? Germany here.
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Yes, it's location. Tried with a US vpn endpoint, got your results.
 
Yeah, I get ancient versions of the man pages or Handbook sometimes. As old as 8.4 once. Seriously confusing at first. I've learned to look at the URL now before reading the result.
 
Maybe the documentation for all but the current version should be clearly marked as "backlevel" on the server. Perhaps a big diagonal banner (watermark) across it. It should remain accessible, but preventing confusion would be nice.
 
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