Keeping Search Engines apprised of the content updates(additions/modifications/removals) is crucial for businesses to amplify user acquisition and to improve user experience. While Google’s scheduled recrawl may take up to weeks for scanning certain sites again, it is recommended to notify Google of essential content updates early to drive the needed traffic to gain maximum possible value.
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Request Google to crawl URLs on Sitecore Publish using Google Indexing API
Most of the sites hold a bunch of short-lived content like Events, Job Posting. While reaching the intended audience for short-lived content is challenging, removing the expired content from Search Engine is also vital for user engagement. This can be solved by bridging Google Indexing Mechanism with Sitecore Publish Mechanism using Google Indexing API, which empowers businesses to gain maximum value by reaching the right users at the right time.
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In-Sitecore Alerts & Push Notifications: Effectively communicating Maintenance Activities to Authors & Marketers
Building a strong DevContentOps within the organization helps to keep the productivity of all teams at maximum. This module eliminates friction and enables seamless collaboration between Authors, Marketers, Developers, and Operations.
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Design Considerations and Approaches for Scheduling Recurring Tasks/Workflows
Being one of the key initial steps in the automation journey of the implementation, scheduling tasks is not necessarily easy and straightforward. Web applications have plenty of options to achieve this (Eg: Sitecore Scheduler, Windows Task Scheduler, Azure Logic Apps, Container CronJob, Coveo Push API, Hangfire etc.), but each option comes with pros/cons based on the needs/requirements. There are several basic and advanced considerations that needs to be thought before designing recurring scheduled tasks/workflows,
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