Community Updates
Common Google search box and search results formatting issues
Common Google search box and search results formatting issues If your search box and search results page are looking a bit strange, there is a quick and easy fix in your search engine settings. Make sure you have the following two options selected and then save...
CMS Survey
Hi Everyone! My name is Kristen Gilly and I'm the webmaster at the Department of Managed Health Care. We're currently in the beginning stages of going through with a website refresh, which we will upgrade to the new State Template v5 and are...
Understand Your Search Performance with Google Search Console
How is Google doing trying to crawl and index my site? What search terms are driving most of the traffic to my site? What can I do to enhance the visibility of my key services and information within search? These questions and much more can be answered within the...
Track Email Campaign Success with Google Analytics
Ever want to know how many "clicks" you get on that link to your website that you embedded within your last email blast? Well you can track that with the Google Analytics you already have on your website. We have been doing this for a while now with our emails to the...
How to get the best search results with Google Custom Search
In order to get the best search results, please be sure to follow these steps: Make sure your site is accessible by Google by using a robots.txt file Verify site ownership via the Google Search Console Submit a valid XML sitemap Once all of these steps have been...
SharePoint Users!
SharePoint Users! We are using SP to convert our Intranet in addition to moving some paper processes electronic. Wondering if anyone is doing some of these and can share their experience? Do you use SharePoint (SP) for electronic leave off requests and/or time sheets?...
Domain Name Policy Announcement
The State of California announced new policies on 5/25/17 that govern the use of the “ca.gov” internet domain name. As a result, State Administrative Manual (SAM) Sections 5195, 5195.1, and 5195.2 include new criteria for “ca.gov” internet domain name usage....
Google Site Search (GSS) Service Update
We have received several inquires lately regarding the announcement by Google regarding the shut down of their Google Site Search (GSS) service. However, please note that your current GSS search engine will automatically convert to a Google Custom Search...
The do’s and don’ts on designing for accessibility
Great blog post from GOV.UK I’d like to share about the do’s and don’ts on designing for accessibility. Infographics (posters) are available for download displaying what works and doesn’t for those with accessibility needs including autism, blindness, low vision,...