Web Team To Improve SEO with Sitecore Update

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On September 17, 2024, OIT will roll out another improvement for Sitecore to enhance our Search Engine Optimization (SEO). As mentioned in SMU.edu and SEO: A Constant Evolution, improving our website’s SEO will increase its visibility in Google, Bing, and other search engines. To help reach that goal, OIT is standardizing the use of lowercase characters in our URLs and is now ready to implement the change to Sitecore for links created with the internal link feature.

For those of you who are not Sitecore authors, currently, when Sitecore’s internal link feature generates a link, Continue reading Web Team To Improve SEO with Sitecore Update

Seven Years of Certification: Then & Now with Cox Alumnus Jacob Becker

Microsoft Certified Associate badgeThis summer, I had the opportunity to attend the CERTIFIED Educator Conference, which is designed to help educators around the world as they introduce and enforce the need for certification to accompany traditional learning models. During one of the sessions I attended, I was challenged to find an alum or two who had gone through our certification experience and hear their story of how certification impacted them. Continue reading Seven Years of Certification: Then & Now with Cox Alumnus Jacob Becker

New Annual Review Process: Update Your Department’s Directory Information

Directory assistance iconThe Office of Information Technology is introducing a new annual review process to help departments verify and update their public directory information. This fall, a Qualtrics survey will be distributed, allowing departments to update what appears on the SMU Department Directory webpage and ensure the accuracy of information for SMU call centers. Continue reading New Annual Review Process: Update Your Department’s Directory Information