Hiding Pages in your Race Website
ou can now hide pages in your race website from the Race Page -> Menu Order page on your race dashboard. This is useful if you had a store, but no longer have items to sell. It also allows you to work…
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Category: Websites
Google Moves Mobile Sites to Front of the Line on Search
Google has added mobile readiness to their list of criteria for ranking websites for their search results. This means that mobile friendly sites will get better placement than equivalent sites that are just designed for desktops. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/21/technology/google-adds-mobile-friendliness-to-its-search-criteria.html Fortunately, RunSignup was the first…
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We have recently added Rich Snippets to our Google feed of races, specifically the Microdata feed. This means when runners search for your race on Google and see the RunSignup entry, they will get a nicely formatted search result that includes information on your…
Read MoreSSL Security Issues Fixed
If you are a major geek, you know that the Heartbleed Bug was recently found and started to be exploited. I am happy to report that we have implemented the fix as shown in this test. Please let website owners that you use know about this….
Read MoreNew Editor
We have upgraded the editing that you can do on RunSignUp when you put up your own Custom Sections. One of the nicest things is that when you paste text in from Word or a PDF document, it strips off all the…
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Custom URL’s Extended
Custom URL’s allow you to specify your own web address without having to have your own website – like http://www.runsignup.com/MyRace. We now give you a way to go to specific pages beyond your custom URL. This gives you a nice short address to…
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Responsive Design – The Best Method for Mobile Support
With 37% of RunSignup users coming from a Mobile device, the need for races to have a great experience for mobile users has become imperative. We have done device detection for about the past two years and will give a mobile interface…
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Mobile Registration for the Young Crowd
We have a Graffiti Run using RunSignUp. We did some analysis and 47% of the people registering are doing so from a mobile device. We see an overall rate of about 29%, so the increased rate is most likely due to the…
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Race Location – Getting Precise
RunSignup creates a Google Map for you based on your race location. We put this on your Race Info page for you as well as include it in the confirmation emails that go to your runners. But what happens if Google does…
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