Recommended Sites

Aug 9, 2011

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It seems like only yesterday that we announced the release of the "URL Tools" section of your ANR Portal, but we already have an update to share! We've added a new "Recommended Sites" tool that will allow you to highlight your site when someone uses the search tool provided at the top of Site Builder 3 sites.

We use Google's Custom Search to power the general search results in all Site Builder sites. Even though Google returns good results, it may not always return the best result. To assist our users in finding the right results, our Recommended Sites tool will query an internal list of search terms and try to find a match. The great thing about this internal list is that you can help build it.

Simply add your site, site name, a description and a list of search terms, and you will see your site recommended when using the search bar at the top of a Site Builder site. When entering search terms, be sure to provide a list of unique and descriptive terms. Putting "ANR" as a search term is not beneficial unless the user is looking for information about ANR, but putting "ornamental horticulture" will help guide the user to actual content.

Be sure to view the current list of recommended sites. You may find that yours is already on the list!


By Dave Krause
Author - Interim Chief Information Officer