Including sites in main UCLA search engine

The Autonomy Search Engine used by the Vignette searchesPortal everythingProject inspiders all campus websites starting with ucla.eduedu, uclaextension.edu, uclabruins.com, uclastore.com, uclaalumni.net, juei.org, and providesuclaconferencecenter.com. This search process is currently being used by the campus homepage and on all pages within the Business and Administrative Services Portal. The algorithm used weighs results according to

, , and . Of course with the breath of content being spidered, there is much contention for the UCLAtop Mainresults Websiteretrieved. Search.For that reason, the Ultraseek engine is offered as an optional search only after the results of the first search come back.

BelowAlso, the AIS Portal Team had developed a Favorite Site table that all search criteria entered is also checked against to bring key URL sites a linkhigher ranking. If your site does not get the prominance anticipated, please contact the AIS Portal Team for including pagesinclusing into the UltraseekFavorite UCLASite searchroutine. engine.For Gomore information on the go to http://ultraseek.library.ucla.edu:8765/help/ and select “Add URL” from the navbar on the right.

There are also links there to view the status of a URL in the search engine, and another to view all the URLs.

If anyone knows how the Vignette search works, please add it here. Thanks.