Search by external search services

 

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We can have external users search the portal site by using search services such as Google or Yahoo! This works for public pages only, that is, for pages that users can access without a user ID and password.

To make the portal available for search by external users, register it with the external search service(s) of the choice. Give the URL of the portal to the search service providers so that they can crawl and index the portal site. Depending on how you customize the portal, you might consider indicating the Site Map page rather than the portal home page, or otherwise enhancing the configuration.

 

Configure the portal site for search by external search services

Optionally, we can configure several additional aspects for search on the portal by external search services:

 

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Search by anonymous users on the portal site