Agreed. Also (and this is just a general point) I try not to make microsites where at all possible :)
-k Keir Winesmith Head of Web and Digital Platforms San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Tickets available at SFMOMA.org 415.357.2871 [email protected] 151 Third Street | San Francisco, CA 94103 This message, together with any and all attachments, is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. It may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not review, copy or distribute this communication. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the original sender by email and delete the message, along with any attachments. -----Original Message----- From: mcn-l <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Nik Honeysett Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 11:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites Just agreeing with Douglas, and, Jewel, you’re thinking is correct. Your brand is your museum not your exhibition (even if it is "special"), you just need to make sure your home page reflects your marketing activity. -nik ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nik Honeysett | Chief Executive Officer | BPOC | www.bpoc.org M (805) 402-3326 P (619) 331-1974 E [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> 1549 El Prado, Suite 8, San Diego, CA 92101 A non-profit technology collaboration connecting audiences to art, culture & science. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > On Mar 13, 2018, at 11:39 AM, Douglas Hegley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Jewel - IMHO it is best practice to keep "microsites" under your > standard URL umbrella. If your administration feels that you *must* > have a special URL (by the way, I know of no research that would > support the efficacy of special URLs), then purchase that and just re-direct > to your own site. > Referral traffic to your special ex web presence is going to come from > google, social media sites, ad click-thrus, direct email clicks, etc. > Almost no one will be typing a full URL into a browser. > My two cents' worth, > Douglas > > Douglas Hegley > Chief Digital Officer > Minneapolis Institute of Art > 2400 Third Avenue South > Minneapolis, MN 55404 > (612) 870-3072 | @dhegley <https://twitter.com/dhegley> | > [email protected] | www.artsmia.org > > > On Tue, Mar 13, 2018 at 1:33 PM, Jewel Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello All! >> I’m having a bit of a discussion with upper management concerning a >> big upcoming show and the build-out of a microsite for it and I need >> some recommendations/ expertise from this knowledgeable group. >> >> What has been your experience building microsites in terms of urls? >> Is there a best practice? For instance, should we stick with >> “ourmuseum.org/ specialexhibition” for example, which would be our >> museum url with the special exhibition as a subset of our brand, or >> is it preferable to get a custom url such as >> “specialexhibitionatourmuseum.org?” There is a desire in upper >> management to have a special url because they think that will make >> the exhibition seem more special but for practical purposes I’m >> thinking we shouldn’t leave our brand url and we should keep it as >> simple and easy to remember as possible and that most people aren’t >> going to care what the url is, only that they can remember it. What does >> your museum do? Your advice as always is very much appreciated. >> >> Jewel Clark >> >> -- >> Jewel Clark >> Digital Technologies and Websites manager >> >> Heard Museum >> 2301 N. 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