From: Stevan Harnad <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:20:50 -0400 Most repository queries and referrals come from google scholar and google users. So it is crucial to get repository contents well indexed by google. Here are some tips from Google Scholar's Anurag Acharya: http://www.or2015.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/or-2015-anurag-google-scholar.pdf This is a good occasion to repeat also an important fact about Open Access Repositories: OA Repositories' problem is not lack of searchability or of indexability or of search/index tools and services. Their problem is lack of OA content. The cure is effective OA mandates -- not waiting for better search/index tools. Vincent-Lamarre, Philippe, Boivin, Jade, Gargouri, Yassine, Larivière, Vincent and Harnad, Stevan (2015) Estimating Open Access Mandate Effectiveness: I. The MELIBEA Score. (JASIST, in press) http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/370203/ Swan, Alma; Gargouri, Yassine; Hunt, Megan; & Harnad, Stevan (2015) Open Access Policy: Numbers, Analysis, Effectiveness. Pasteur4OA Workpackage 3 Report. http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/375854/