When I search for something tractor related and the search engine finds a thread on YT, the search engine links to an obsolete address. It never did that before, so I think it may be related to the upgrade. (I may not have called it an upgrade at first, but I'm getting used to it. Old dog, new trick, it takes time.)
I looked for something about stabilizer bars using an image search. I clicked on an image and the thread title in the pop up box was "3 point stabilizer bars" When I clicked on the link to open the thread, I found that the search engine has recorded the old address from the time the search engine recorded it.
(NOTE: I copied the words in quotes off the search engine, Duck duck go, and the link came along for the ride. It is the same as the 1057054 link below. It will redirect as described below, so however it appeared, it illustrates the problem. The rest of this was written before I found that the link had been copied along with the text and inserted. )
When I tried to open the link in the search engine, I was redirected here:
I copied the link to see what was happening. This is the old link:
1057054
I searched the thread title and found the thread. This is the new address:
1102054/
I tried several more and got similar results. The search engine had the wrong number for all of the images so it would redirect to https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/ or to whichever existing thread had been reassigned to that number.
I would imagine that this would be a nuisance to fix. I suspect that a cross reference would be very hard to generate. All I can think of is to find a way to inform the user on the redirect page that if they were directed there by a browser they can do a 'titles only search' to find the page. Most sites use the 404 error page with some vague instruction to search somewhere. How to word the instructions clearly and present it is not my area of expertise. The problem should fade away as the browsers refresh and attach new addresses to the old images. Unless of course things don't work the way I imagine they do.
Disclaimer:
On my map, html is on the edge along with 'here there be dragons', so I never go there. I am trying to communicate with web administrators who speak a language I can only guess at. If I have garbled my description, pm me and perhaps with a little guidance I can clarify or edit it into an understandable form.
I looked for something about stabilizer bars using an image search. I clicked on an image and the thread title in the pop up box was "3 point stabilizer bars" When I clicked on the link to open the thread, I found that the search engine has recorded the old address from the time the search engine recorded it.
(NOTE: I copied the words in quotes off the search engine, Duck duck go, and the link came along for the ride. It is the same as the 1057054 link below. It will redirect as described below, so however it appeared, it illustrates the problem. The rest of this was written before I found that the link had been copied along with the text and inserted. )
When I tried to open the link in the search engine, I was redirected here:
I searched the thread title and found the thread. This is the new address:
1102054/
I tried several more and got similar results. The search engine had the wrong number for all of the images so it would redirect to https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/ or to whichever existing thread had been reassigned to that number.
I would imagine that this would be a nuisance to fix. I suspect that a cross reference would be very hard to generate. All I can think of is to find a way to inform the user on the redirect page that if they were directed there by a browser they can do a 'titles only search' to find the page. Most sites use the 404 error page with some vague instruction to search somewhere. How to word the instructions clearly and present it is not my area of expertise. The problem should fade away as the browsers refresh and attach new addresses to the old images. Unless of course things don't work the way I imagine they do.
Disclaimer:
On my map, html is on the edge along with 'here there be dragons', so I never go there. I am trying to communicate with web administrators who speak a language I can only guess at. If I have garbled my description, pm me and perhaps with a little guidance I can clarify or edit it into an understandable form.
