How do you ensure the latest documentation space shows up at the TOP of the list in Google Search?

[Deleted user]

If you have separate Confluence spaces for each version of the documentation -

is there a way to insure that the latest doc space is listed at the TOP of the Google Search Results?

Same as this question but I didn't see a solution in there for those of us that make a new doc space for the latest version as opposed to using a Master doc space and making a new space for the older versions?

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Confluence-questions/Not-able-to-view-the-latest-version-document-page-created-in-the/qaq-p/157777

Any suggestions - greatly appreciated - using Google Search because the Confluence search is not that great

Please help - thanks

[Shannon S]

MaryAnn,

You won't be able to easily control what Google things is most relevant, thus putting it at the top of the results, but I've thought of a few things you can try.

1. You can create a robots.txt file, thus telling search engines which parts of your site should be indexed or avoided.
2. You could have your users filter results to a specific publish date. For example, under Types of search tools > Search tools you can use for Web results you can see you can filter by publish date.

Have a look at that documentation and do let us know if you have any questions about it.

Kind Regards,
Shannon

[Deleted user]

Hi Shannon,

Thank you for your quick response. I will review the links and get back to you if I have questions.

Thanks again