Search engine optimization: Difference between revisions
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* Making your content interesting | * Making your content interesting | ||
* Linking to relevant | * Linking to relevant sites and getting relevant sites to link to you. [http://moodle.org/donations/ Moodle donations] provide a way of adding a link to your site from moodle.org. | ||
* Making your site accessible (as Google sees roughly the same things as a blind web surfer with JavaScript turned off) | * Making your site accessible (as Google sees roughly the same things as a blind web surfer with JavaScript turned off) | ||
* Getting bloggers in your field to talk about your site (this seems to be the current best method) | * Getting bloggers in your field to talk about your site (this seems to be the current best method) | ||
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Revision as of 23:26, 17 December 2005
Google blog search
The Google blog search, despite its name, lists any site with RSS or Atom feeds, which includes all the Moodle forums.
They will soon have a manual submission process but for the time being you need to ping a weblog update service.
Google site maps
Site maps allow you to tell Google exactly what pages you have and when your site changes. You do this by creating a 'sitemap' using a program you can download from them, or alternatively just point them at your RSS feed.
Moodle settings
The opentogoogle variable in Administration >> Configuration >> Variables may be set to 'Yes' to allow Google to enter your site as a Guest. In addition, people coming in to your site via a Google search will automatically be logged in as a Guest. However, people can just read the content from Google's site without ever visiting your site.
Other methods
Of course, the standard stuff applies:
- Making your content interesting
- Linking to relevant sites and getting relevant sites to link to you. Moodle donations provide a way of adding a link to your site from moodle.org.
- Making your site accessible (as Google sees roughly the same things as a blind web surfer with JavaScript turned off)
- Getting bloggers in your field to talk about your site (this seems to be the current best method)
