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We will also be sending in the new year out some more information on how to submit sitemaps to Google to further improve SEO and searchability so stay tuned. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As always if you have any questions please reach out to Jason and Tayo at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:cpadigit@yorku.ca\">cpadigit@yorku.ca<\/a>\u00a0or join us for our weekly drop-in sessions for hands-on support, taking place every Wed. at 1:30pm. Invite link can be found here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/yorku.zoom.us\/j\/98059437808?pwd=ZU51SG1KWlFQVzB4a2dkYzFvMTgxUT09&amp;from=msft\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">LINK<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope you all have a great holiday break and thanks for your continued support in our website optimization.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are pleased to share York's updated sitemap strategy and content buckets. After internal review of all our websites, there are some new recommended ways to create sitemaps at our institution. 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