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====== Search Engine Optimization ====== | ====== Search Engine Optimization ====== | ||
- | In some cases, you may wish to make sure that the contents of your VuFind system are visible beyond your local site. This page provides tips and tools for increasing and controlling search engine visibility. | + | In some cases, you may wish to make sure that the contents of your VuFind system are visible beyond your local site. This page provides tips and tools for increasing and controlling search engine visibility. |
===== Sitemaps ===== | ===== Sitemaps ===== | ||
- | // This feature was added after the release of VuFind 1.0.1. To take advantage of it, you will need to install a copy of the development trunk (see the [[http:// | + | // This feature was added after the release of VuFind 1.0.1. // |
Several search engines look for sitemap files which list all of the pages of your site and ensure that no content is missed during indexing. | Several search engines look for sitemap files which list all of the pages of your site and ensure that no content is missed during indexing. | ||
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VuFind comes with a simple tool for generating sitemaps. | VuFind comes with a simple tool for generating sitemaps. | ||
- | 1. Edit the [[: | + | 1. Edit the [[configuration: |
2. Switch to the util folder under your VuFind installation, | 2. Switch to the util folder under your VuFind installation, | ||
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You may wish to automate this so that sitemaps are built on a regular basis; see the [[administration: | You may wish to automate this so that sitemaps are built on a regular basis; see the [[administration: | ||
+ | ==== Best Practices ==== | ||
+ | === Exposing Static / Multi-lingual Content === | ||
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+ | If you have important static content pages (landing pages, texts about services/ | ||
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+ | === Understand Crawling Budgets === | ||
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+ | A VuFind site can easily have hundreds of thousands, or even millions, of pages in its sitemaps -- it's all dependent on the number of records in your index. Search engines will take a significant amount of time to crawl all of these pages, and even more time to detect changes. Be aware that publishing a sitemap will not instantly lead to full visibility of all of your content. | ||
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+ | === Using Search Engine Tools === | ||
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+ | Creating a sitemap is only half the battle; the rest is informing search engines about it. Tools like [[https:// | ||
==== Technical Details ==== | ==== Technical Details ==== | ||
- | Sitemap generation was originally achieved with the help of a custom Solr response handler designed to quickly dump out record IDs. The full source for this handler can be found in VuFind's Subversion repository | + | Early versions |
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+ | ===== Staying Informed ===== | ||
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+ | Search engine optimization is challenging to maintain, because search engines are constantly changing their rules for crawling and ranking. Google, for example, can update its procedures hundreds | ||
===== Related Pages ===== | ===== Related Pages ===== | ||
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administration/search_engine_optimization.txt · Last modified: 2024/05/08 11:20 by demiankatz