Tools, techniques and tips for managing College websites
Imperial uses a Google Search Appliance, which is dedicated hardware purchased by the College in order to search content on Imperial’s web servers. This allows Imperial to offer a search service that is similar to the popular Google search engine whilst tailoring searching and results to College requirements.
You can search Imperial’s website in two ways. On every page on the College website, there is a search box in the top right.
Alternatively, you can use the search box on Imperial’s search page.
To search the College website, enter a search term into the box and press “Go”. This will take you to a list of results, sorted by relevancy, with your search terms highlighted. You can quickly scan the results to help you decide which are worth viewing. See search hints for tips on how to improve the quality of your results.
Keywords and Description are added in the Edit content view of a content item, and apply to the whole page. Select:
Keywords and description aids the ranking of a web in search engines and helps web users find your page. We automatically insert some keywords and descriptions and these fields shown allow you to add more information.
Clicking on the ‘Keywords and description’ link in the navigation will hide this form. Remember to Save changes.
