How To Set Up A Search Engine Website

By default, new websites and blogs hosted onUCI Sites block search engines from indexing the content. This is to give yous time to gear up your site and add your content. When y'all are ready for Google and other search engines to index your site, follow the steps below.

Allow Google and other search engines to index your site

In the Admin Console, click on Settings > Reading.
Look for Site Visibility.
Select "Allow search engines to index this site".

Click Save Changes

Google and other search engines will now be allowed to index the site to make it searchable. It may take half dozen weeks or more than for search engines to revisit your site and discover new content. We. have no control over when Google or other search engines index your site.

Submit your site to Google

You can submit your site to Google to speed up the process. CampusPress has a help folio explaining in detail how to submit your site to Google.

Check to see if Google tin can index your site

If you lot accept changed the settings above, you can check to see if Google is indexing your site.

Go to google.com
In the search box, blazon site:yoursiteurl. For example, site:sites.uci.edu/sbass/
If Google is able to index your site, you should encounter results.
If Google has not indexed your site, you volition see a bulletin that there are no search results.
If Google has not indexed your site, check your settings (see above).
Read nigh how Google Search works.

Google can index my site, only I still can't detect my site.

If your website is searchable, but y'all yet can't find it easily it may be depression in the search results. Here are some tips to make your site ascent in the rankings.

Content is Central

Make certain your content is relevant. Make sure your content includes the search terms you think people will apply including your name, your lab name, etc. Update your site often. Sites that are kept up to date also rank college in search results.

Link to the website from other appropriate locations

You can link to your website from other websites like the UCI Directory, your Faculty Contour, your school or section'southward website, and your social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook.

UCI Directory

Login to PhUpdate
Put your website in the home_page_url field.
Click Submit Change Request
Now when people search for you in the campus directory, they will also be able to find your site.

Nosotros promise these tips help. It tin can have some time before your website starts showing up and rise in the search results. Go on writing and publishing new content. The more relevant your content is, the more than people will find it.