All, Just a few quick notes.
As of 8.1 and 7.6.3, we've applied some major improvements to how Server-Side Rendering (SSR) is processed in the User Interface. We *believe* these SSR improvements should help with bot traffic, as the goal of these improvements are to *limit* which pages are accessible to bots. Most bots cannot process Javascript, which means that they should not be able to access pages which do not undergo SSR. This means that upgrading to 8.1 or 7.6.3 should help with indexing speed, as the "good bots" (like Google Scholar) will still be able to access the data they need to index via your Sitemap, while the "bad bots" will no longer be able to crawl the entire site (especially the search/browse interfaces) Second, I wanted to note that we've worked directly with the Google Scholar team to develop recommendations for how to get the best Search Engine Optimization out of DSpace. Those guidelines are in our documentation: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC8x/Search+Engine+Optimization Make sure to follow those guidelines, as they will help ensure your site is fully indexed. I regularly receive feedback from the Google Scholar team about indexing DSpace, and we continually improve things in each release based on that feedback. So, one of the most important things you can do is to stay up-to-date on the latest version of DSpace. Tim -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-tech+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/396ee200-08ab-4401-9223-b4bd2cdebddbn%40googlegroups.com.
