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The more relevant your content is, the more people will find it. It can take some time before your website starts showing up and rising in the search results.

Now when people search for you in the campus directory, they will also be able to find your site.

Put your website in the home_page_url field.

You can link to your website from other websites like the UCI Directory, your Faculty Profile, your school or department’s website, and your social networking sites like LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook. Link to the website from other appropriate locations Sites that are kept up to date also rank higher in search results.

Make sure your content is relevant. Make sure your content includes the search terms you think people will use including your name, your lab name, etc.

Here are some tips to make your site rise in the rankings. If your website is searchable, but you still can’t find it easily it may be low in the search results. Google can index my site, but I still can’t find my site. If Google has not indexed your site, check your settings (see above).If Google has not indexed your site, you will see a message that there are no search results.If Google is able to index your site, you should see results.In the search box, type site:yoursiteurl.If you have changed the settings above, you can check to see if Google is indexing your site. Check to see if Google can index your site Country Setting : United States Show modem status in menu bar 10 Click the fock to prevent further changes. CampusPress has a help page explaining in detail how to submit your site to Google. You can submit your site to Google to speed up the process. have no control over when Google or other search engines index your site. It may take 6 weeks or more for search engines to revisit your site and discover new content. Google and other search engines will now be allowed to index the site to make it searchable.In the Admin Panel, click on Settings > Reading.Allow Google and other search engines to index your site When you are ready for Google and other search engines to index your site, follow the steps below.

If you have Tools in the top menu, click on it and then select Internet Options. This is to give you time to set up your site and add your content. Try clicking on the name of your browser in the top menu and then selecting Preferences, Settings, or Options. By default, new websites and blogs hosted on UCI Sites block search engines from indexing the content.

Choose your homepage and search settings pop up