Lots to go over today Rainers so buckle up! We've had another release to improve AR, our SEO and hopefully your experience as well.
We were able to get some of our Ambassadors in on some of these changes to get a consensus of what would work best for the masses. In addition to the usual behind-the-scenes SEO updates and bug fixes, we do have some other updates to make you aware of.
Top Contributor Badge
We're excited to unveil the top bloggers on ActiveRain! To earn a spot on this page, a member has written at least 52 blogs between June '13 and May '14. You'll start to see this badge pop up around the web so be sure to congratulate our top bloggers. We applaud your contributions to AR and hope you revel in the success of all your blogging efforts.
Ambassador Page
It's here, it's here! A page of all the ActiveRain Ambassadors for easy viewing. We all know these Rainers possess something special and are here for the community. They are constantly going above and beyond and let's face it, the 'Rain wouldn't be as successful, helpful and encouraging without them. If you are ever in need of some help, reach out to an Ambassador, you'll find this link under Important Links on the right side of the homepage on AR.
User Type Updates
As we try to better serve up relevant content your way, while keeping user type in mind, we've updated our user type choices. Our goal is to make sure vendors are not lumped in with agents who may have been limited in choice before. You won't see every user type on this list, it's not possible, but we feel the list is extensive enough to fit all real estate professionals in.
Mega Menu/My Home Menu
One of the first SEO changes we made was to get rid of our mega menu. We believe this menu choice may have been hurting our SEO as it made it difficult for Google to crawl through AR and discover your content. As part of this, we are also updating the top gray navigation bar and My Home navigation.
The gray bar will now incorporate: Write a Blog, Recent Posts, Leaderboard, Stats, & Points. You'll see we replaced Following & Groups. You can still find those choices. Groups will be accessible via Resources in the top blue nav bar as well as the new My Home section titled 'Find Blogs to Read'. Following is accessible via the main AR blog roll right rail as well as the new My Home section titled 'Find Blogs to Read'.
My Home now has 4 sections on your left bottom rail: My Blog, Meet Great People, Find Blogs to Read & More to Explore. Please check out these new sections for all your AR links.
My Account Top Nav (your little picture on the top left if logged in) has added Billing Information and Contact Support to the list for more convenience.
We hope you find these changes beneficial and pretty soon the navigation will become second nature. Have a wonderful day everyone!
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