Heeding the Signals: Applying Web best Practices when Google recommends

Journal of Library Administration

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 49-59

  Askey, Dale ^a   Arlitsch, Kenning ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

data security; Google; HTTPS; IT skills; privacy; search engine optimization; search engine results rankings

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921367310     PISSN: 01930826     EISSN: 15403564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01930826.2014.978685     Document Type: Article

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