Mnet 4.3.6 is Released! New Page Type as well as SEO options.

We have introduced a new Page Type called Menu Page.  This page type will ease the process of creating a page which basically just links to a bunch of other pages.  Usually, you would want to create such a page as a sub-menu or means of categorizing your pages.  This Page Type makes the process really easy.

To use it, simply add a new page of type Menu Page (if you don’t see the Page Type drop down, let us know and we’ll enable it for your account, it’s disabled by default).  Now, you simply need to add a list of links to the page.  So click the Edit button and then click the “+ Add Item” link.  From there, you choose which page you want to link to, you can add a short text caption or description which appears under the link and also, you can choose a picture to be displayed from your image library.  Click “Add Page” and you’re done!  Repeat this for all the links you want and when you view the page you’ll see a nice grid of links with descriptions and pictures.

New SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Options - Page Title and Description

When you search on Google, you will be presented a list of results that looks like this:

The first line is the title of your page or site.  It’s really good to write a title for each page on your site.  The titles should not use promotional language (for example, “we’re #1…”) and should be concise.  You should include relevant keywords (but don’t over-use them).  Read more from Google themselves about how to write a good page title.

The next part is the snippet.  Usually, Google takes this from the actual text from your site.  But, sometimes (like when there isn’t enough text) it will use your site’s description.  So that is why it can be good to provide a site description.

We have added support to edit the title and description for each PAGE as well as set a default, site-wide title and description.  The default is only used when you don’t enter in a title and description for the page.  You can access the page specific title and description in the Page Manager, then click the “More” link next to the page you want.  The default title and description is available in the Settings area.

New SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Options - Primary Host Names

Imagine that you are Google.  When someone searches for something, your goal is to present them with a page of really great, relevant information.  You certainly don’t want to provide duplicate links to the same information.

This is why we have introduced Primary Host Names.  Say you have examplewidgets.com and examplegears.com.  If both domains are pointing at your Mnet site, then both can’t pull up the same exact content.  Google wouldn’t like that.  So, Mnet performs a “301 Redirect” to the primary domain.  But which is the primary?  Well either domain could be the primary.  Just let us know which you want to be primary and we’ll set it for you.