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Widget Tags

Each widget on the platform has a tag or short url associated with it.  These tags have to be unique and conform to a set of standard in order for them to work on the platform.  When selecting a tag or short url for your widget or retail landing page please make sure it meets these requirements:

  • Your tag cannot be longer than 20 characters
  • Your tag cannot contain certain reserved words, these include other brand names (“metablocks”,”smarturl”,”linkfire”,”ibm”,”microsoft”, i.e.) and folder or file names that may be used by our widget platform (“manage”,”images”,”js”,”css”)
  • Your tag cannot match another existing tag. If you feel someone is using a tag name inappropriately please contact us at help@null2lin.cc

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Metablocks Widgets – Facebook Tabs

Our Metablocks Widgets now support Facebook page integration. What this means is that your retail link landing page can no live on the web and on Facebook. In fact we have over 5 types of Facebook page formats we support, here are some of them. These Facebook pages also have “smart links” that support mobile users (so mobile users will get the correct verison of the page).

Type: Metablocks Widget Facebook Tab
The most basic type of Facebook page integration allows you to embed a widget or retail landing page as a tab on Facebook. You can check out an example here: http://go.2lin.cc/fbpage-13

Type: Spotify Player Facebook Tab
Another popular page type is the Spotify player (Apple, Tidal and Deezer versions are also supported). If your widget has a Spotify URI associated, you can add it as a embedded Spotify player on your Facebook page. This unique player also links out to your Metablocks widget, plus it allows users to follow the artist or save the album directly from the Spotify player Facebook page tab. You can check out an example here: http://bit.ly/2oZMYGR

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Metablocks Widgets New Features & Fixes Update (2017-04-17)

New features and bug fixes in today’s build:

  • Zapier integration ready for beta testing. Zapier API keys moved to API page. Currently supported Zapier triggers include: Create Widget, Publish Widget. Currently supported Zapier actions include: Optimize Widget. Let us know if you would like to see any additional triggers or actions.
  • Metablocks Widgets API (see Account » API page) now available for limited beta testing.
  • Enhancements made to Smarturl and Linkfire import feature.
  • Favorite Widgets page and feature removed for lack of user interest. Will be revisited in the future.
  • Widget now supports the notion of “Published” that makes it visible to search engines and our advertising channels.
  • Improvements in the search user interface (see more…)
  • Added support for Two-Factor Authentication per some clients request.
  • Widget drag and drop in beta for all browsers (was previously available to Chrome and Safari users).

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Metablocks Widgets New Features & Fixes Update (2017-04-15)

New features and bug fixes in today’s build:

  • Tidal Player added based on some beta user requests (see examples...)
  • Dynamic background examples can now be found here: http://www.2lin.cc/gallery/backgrounds
  • Promotions tab added to allow users to promote their widgets via advertising and other marketing channels (as they become available)
  • Gallery Feed now available in JSON format (see example…)
  • Full-service clients (T1 or T2) can now forward their widget requests to requests@null2lin.cc and you will be alerted when the widget has been added to your account
  • Two new reports have been added, these include the world map and Facebook/Twitter sharing stats (see details…)
  • Zapier integration added and in beta. If you are a Zapier or IFTTT user and would like to beta test widget marketing automation, please contact us.

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Two New Reports for your Music Widgets

We recently added two new modules in our statistics reporting page for our music widgets. In case you didn’t notice them, you’ll find them towards the button of the page.

World Map
This provides a global view of where your views and clicks of your retail landing pages and widgets are coming from.

Sharing Stats
One of our most popular modules is Facebook/Twitter sharing that allows end-users to share your widget or retail landing page with friends on social media.  If you have this module as part of your widget, this reports will show the count and percentage breakdown of sharing activity on Facebook and Twitter.

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Metablocks Widgets New Features & Fixes Update (2017-04-12)

New features and bug fixes in today’s build:

  • Widget search added and implemented to provide added SEO benefits (See example…)
  • Common searches now integrated into platform sitemap
  • Batch commands including Shorten all URLs, Delete All URLs and Optimize All added on the widgets page and can now be applied to all links associated with a widget.
  • Bugs fixed in the import links feature, plus other improvements made to provide better support for websites in general.
  • Artists in the Metablocks Artist DB (MAD) automatically recognized and integration hooks are automatically added to the management console.
  • Minor bug fix that sometimes caused beta invites to not work properly has been fixed.
  • Phase I of Google AdWords testing has begun and over 100 AdWords campaigns have been placed and being are compared to similar buys on competitors offerings (Linkfire, Toneden, i.e.). Beta testers will be informed if their widgets are in this control group.
  • Phase II of SEO testing as begun, Beta testers who have signed up for the Widget Platform SEO Case Study will be able to access it from their dashboards.
  • Support area now supports external links for help sources.
  • Additional Pre-save to Spotify (See approaches) options added.

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