How to manage your search site

This help manual follows the order of settings that are available to manage your search site in the Admin Center.

Dashboard

• Site overview
• Manage users
• Settings
• Clone site

Analytics

• Queries
• Clicks
• Referrers
• Monthly reports
• 3rd party tracking
• Analytics alerts

Manage content

• Domains
• Collections
• Best bets
• Routed queries

Manage display

• Display overview
• Brand (font & colors, image assets, and header & footer)
• Custom no results page
• Custom search page alert

Preview

• Preview your search results, to review both design and content.

Activate search

• Code snippets
• API access key and instructions — The APIs are available for use on official government websites only. You must be a Search.gov customer. Sign in is required. Keys for each can be found under Admin Center > YourSite > Activate Search.

Additional resources

Launching or relaunching your search

• Search site launch guide for new customers.
• Website redesign checklist for existing customers working on a relaunch.
• Indexing process documentation for everyone.

Search engine optimization (SEO)

• XML sitemaps
• /robots.txt files
• How to get search engines to index the right content for better discoverability