Search Engine Optimization for Career Site

Take note that sitemap submission to Google search engine for indexing now uses the Search Console API. The Ping API has been deprecated by Google. The Search Console API works like the Ping API except that it requires authorization to use. After creating the service account, you’ll be able to download the JSON file with private key token that can be uploaded in Fusion to authorize the API.

This feature allows you to submit a sitemap to the Google search engine to enable their bot to crawl the sitemap and index the job posting URLs.

Steps to Enable

You'll first need to create a Google search console service account and obtain an access token by creating a project in Google to claim ownership of your Fusion domain career site. The steps to do this are located here: https://developers.google.com/search/apis/indexing-api/v3/prereqs

Next, you'll need to enable Sitemap Submission and upload your Google Service account credentials. 

  1. In the Setup and Maintenance work area, go to:
  • Offering: Recruiting and Candidate Experience
  • Functional Area: Recruiting and Candidate Experience Management
  • Task: Enterprise Recruiting and Candidate Experience Information
  1. Expand the Candidate Experience section and click Edit.
  2. Under the Search Engine Optimization section, select the Enable SEO. This lets you enable sitemap submission through API. 
  • The Search Configuration URL field is auto populated with the URL required for Search Console API. The parameters in the URL will be replaced with the actual URLs while pinging the search engine.
  1. In the Configuration URL field, enter https://www.googleapis.com/webmasters/v3/sites/{SEARCHCONSOLE_SITEURL}/sitemaps/{SITEMAP_URL}
  • SEARCHCONSOLE_SITEURL will be replaced with the URL prefix property that is added in Google Search Console while creating the service account. For example: https://<<Career_Site_Domain>>/hcmUI/CandidateExperience or  https://<<Career_Site_Vanity_Domain>>/ for vanity domain.
  • SITEMAP_URL will be replaced with the career site domain job postings sitemap location URL.
  • The career site domain will contain a vanity domain when a vanity URL is configured. Otherwise, it shows your Fusion domain.
  1. Click Browse next to Google Service Account JSON File.
  2. Upload the JSON key file that was generated during Google service account creation.
  3. Click Save.

Once the JSON file is uploaded and the sitemap submission is enabled, Fusion will submit the sitemap to the Google search engine to enable their bot to crawl the sitemap and index the job posting URLs.