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Search Collection Definitions

Columbia's main search collection includes all the web pages on the Columbia website including personal web pages, as long as they are not excluded by:
  • the Google administrators
  • a noindex meta tag in the page's HTML
  • password protection or restricted-access files/directories
Web Pages Excluded

The following web pages have been excluded by the Google administrators.
  • dynamically-generated content
  • event calendars
  • specific pages, at the request of their owners
Pages are excluded for a variety of system performance, copyright, license, and University policy reasons. If you think your page may have been excluded and you don't want it to be, contact askCUIT.

Crawling Schedule

The GSA is configured to crawl the entire Columbia website continuously. If your new page must be included in search results immediately, or if you have questions about the indexing of your content, contact askCUIT.