Docs.dopus.com is shown in Google results with old-looking icon

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A Google search for dopus set shows me this:

dopus-set-search-result-with-old-looking-icon
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The first result has a modern-looking icon and links to old documentation for v12. The second result has an old-looking icon and links to the current documentation.

The current documentation seems to inherit the https://www.dokuwiki.org/ icon for some reason, but only in Google search results, and not when visiting the page.

Ideally, the documentation for older DOpus versions should also be readily distinguishable in Google search results by showing an old-looking, unappealing icon for those results. I think I already saw search results for v10, v11 and v12.

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I'll give Google a call right away :smile:

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Do you see this exclusively on Google's side?!

When I wrote my last comment, I didn't know where the icon came from, since I checked the DOM of docs.dopus.com, and only saw:

<link rel="shortcut icon" href="/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:favicon.ico">

Linked image: favicon.ico

But, now, I saw that there's another icon in the DOM:

<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/lib/tpl/mindthedark/images/apple-touch-icon.png">

Linked image: apple-touch-icon.png

So, there's something you can do. A Google bug is, I suppose, somewhat improbable in such a case.

The favicons for the old documentation pages could also just be changed to something else than your modern icon, so that even when you don't get them out of the search results (or ranked lower), these results become less distracting.

DOpus made the impression on me to come from guys with an eye for detail.

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