Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites

2018-03-13 Thread Keir Winesmith
[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

Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites

2018-03-13 Thread Nik Honeysett
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

Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites

2018-03-13 Thread Sina Bahram
-Original Message- From: mcn-l <mcn-l-boun...@mcn.edu> On Behalf Of Douglas Hegley Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2018 2:40 PM To: Museum Computer Network Listserv <mcn-l@mcn.edu> Subject: Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites Jewel - IMHO it is

Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites

2018-03-13 Thread Douglas Hegley
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.

Re: [MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites

2018-03-13 Thread Brent Brookler
What do you think about you using a custom URL to promote and share, but that resolves to 'ourmuseum.org/specialexhibit'? You get the benefit of it being 'special' but then you make it part of the core web site and enjoy the SEO and other benefits of being part of the core web site. Hope that

[MCN-L] Custom urls vs "brand" urls for microsites

2018-03-13 Thread Jewel Clark
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