Optimising metadata to make high-value content more accessible to Google users

Journal of Documentation

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 307-327

  Dawson, Alan ^a   Hamilton, Val ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital libraries; Optimization techniques; Search engines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646348494     PISSN: 00220418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00220410610666484     Document Type: Article

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