https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/favicon.ico2019-09-26T20:03:44ZCUNY Graduate Center - Project Tracking SystemCUNY Academic Commons - Support #11912: influence search results? https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/11912?journal_id=454682019-09-26T20:03:44ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>New</i> to <i>Reporter Feedback</i></li></ul><p>Can you get more clarification on what "run a search" means? Does it mean using the search box on <a class="external" href="https://vanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu/">https://vanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu/</a>? Does it mean searching the Commons somehow - perhaps using the "Google Custom Search" at the top of the Commons home page? Does it mean searching Google, perhaps narrowing down the URL as in <a class="external" href="https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-google-coop&cx=004300494496351942816%3Avifba_gegbu&ei=dRmNXd2iBOKIggecjYqYDg&q=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&oq=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&gs_l=psy-ab.3...24333.28592..29089...0.2..0.212.1121.2j6j1......0....1j2..gws-wiz.......0i71.rgGwKg3QUpY&ved=0ahUKEwidscqNpO_kAhVihOAKHZyGAuMQ4dUDCAo&uact=5">https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-google-coop&cx=004300494496351942816%3Avifba_gegbu&ei=dRmNXd2iBOKIggecjYqYDg&q=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&oq=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&gs_l=psy-ab.3...24333.28592..29089...0.2..0.212.1121.2j6j1......0....1j2..gws-wiz.......0i71.rgGwKg3QUpY&ved=0ahUKEwidscqNpO_kAhVihOAKHZyGAuMQ4dUDCAo&uact=5</a></p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #11912: influence search results? https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/11912?journal_id=454692019-09-26T20:05:07ZMatt Goldmattgold@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>my understanding is that he is talking about a public search of google for the word "chickenship"</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #11912: influence search results? https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/11912?journal_id=454712019-09-26T20:07:08ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul></ul><p>Maybe, but <a class="external" href="https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-google-coop&cx=004300494496351942816%3Avifba_gegbu&ei=dRmNXd2iBOKIggecjYqYDg&q=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&oq=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&gs_l=psy-ab.3...24333.28592..29089...0.2..0.212.1121.2j6j1......0....1j2..gws-wiz.......0i71.rgGwKg3QUpY&ved=0ahUKEwidscqNpO_kAhVihOAKHZyGAuMQ4dUDCAo&uact=5">https://www.google.com/search?client=ms-google-coop&cx=004300494496351942816%3Avifba_gegbu&ei=dRmNXd2iBOKIggecjYqYDg&q=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&oq=site%3Avanbuskirk.commons.gc.cuny.edu+chickenship&gs_l=psy-ab.3...24333.28592..29089...0.2..0.212.1121.2j6j1......0....1j2..gws-wiz.......0i71.rgGwKg3QUpY&ved=0ahUKEwidscqNpO_kAhVihOAKHZyGAuMQ4dUDCAo&uact=5</a> shows that it is being indexed by Google. If the problem is that it's showing up too far down in search results, it's probably because the site is not heavily linked, so has a low Google score.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #11912: influence search results? https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/11912?journal_id=454722019-09-26T20:08:28ZMatt Goldmattgold@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>so, maybe we make that point to him, show him some materials related to SEO, and to how google works?</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #11912: influence search results? https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/11912?journal_id=454782019-09-27T15:50:11ZMarilyn WeberMweber@gc.cuny.edu
<ul></ul><p>Any resources I can point him to about improving the score?</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #11912: influence search results? https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/11912?journal_id=454812019-09-27T16:02:19ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul></ul><p>CC Scott, in case he's got Commons-specific info.</p>
<p>There are trillions of sites on the web with advice about how to improve SEO. <a class="external" href="https://goinswriter.com/website-seo-tips/">https://goinswriter.com/website-seo-tips/</a> is a simple one I found. Much of the technical work is done by WordPress. But in the end, the bottom line is that Google must see you as authoritative, and it judges authority based on incoming links from other reputable sites.</p> CUNY Academic Commons - Support #11912: influence search results? https://redmine.gc.cuny.edu/issues/11912?journal_id=491712020-02-11T15:51:52ZBoone Gorgesboone@gorg.es
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>Reporter Feedback</i> to <i>Resolved</i></li></ul><p>Closing due to inactivity.</p>