Improving discoverability of your content
Improving the ranking of your content on the Discover page can help increase its visibility and engagement. Here are some strategies to enhance the discoverability of your badges, pathways, activities, providers, and communities.
Pathways
Banner: Use an eye-catching banner that visually represents the pathway.
Detailed description: Write a description of more than 100 characters so potential participants get a clear understanding of the pathway’s purpose and benefits.
Tags: Add at least three relevant tags to help users find your pathway based on their interests.
Steps: Include at least one step in the pathway to provide structure and goals for learners.
Engagement: Encourage users to follow, start, and complete pathways. Completions count more than starts toward ranking.
Badges
Image: Use a high-quality image that accurately represents the achievement or skill associated with the badge.
Detailed description: Add a description of more than 100 characters to provide clarity on what the badge represents.
Tags: Add a generous set of relevant tags. More than three is best for badges.
Criteria: Define one or more criteria that outline what recipients must do to earn the badge.
Earn Badge: Enable Earn Badge so learners can earn the badge themselves. This boosts ranking significantly.
Quality assurance: Get the badge quality-assured. A QA mark gives a sizeable ranking boost.
Navigatr Badge Framework: Use the Navigatr Badge Framework design standard for the badge image. Framework badges rank higher.
Multi-provider collaboration: Collaborate with other providers on the badge. Each additional provider boosts ranking.
Inclusion in pathways and activities: Add the badge to pathways and activities. Each pathway step and each published activity that issues the badge increases ranking.
Engagement: Follows and claims both boost ranking, with claims counting more than follows.
Activities
Image and banner: Add an image and a banner to attract more attention to your activity.
Detailed description: Ensure the description is more than 100 characters so potential attendees understand the activity’s content and objectives.
Tags: Add a generous set of relevant tags. More than three is best for activities.
Badge inclusion: Connect a badge to the activity to highlight the learning outcome or skill recognition.
Engagement: Both attendees and learners who say they will attend boost ranking. Follows count too.
Providers
Logo and banner: Use clear, recognisable visuals that represent your brand effectively.
Published content: Every published badge, activity, and pathway counts toward your provider rank. Pathways count for more than badges or activities, so publishing pathways gives the biggest boost.
Claims and follows: Each badge claimed from your provider and each follower of your profile adds to your ranking.
Communities
Logo and banner: Use clear, recognisable visuals that represent your community.
Published content: Every published badge, activity, and pathway in your community counts toward ranking. Pathways count for more than badges or activities.
Connected providers: Each provider connected to your community adds to your ranking, so growing your provider network has a strong effect.
Claims and follows: Badge claims across your community and follows of your community profile both add to your ranking.
Be findable on the map
Set a complete location on your badges, activities, and provider or community profile so they appear when learners search by area. Without a location, your content won’t show up in radius-filtered Discover searches.
Tip: For additional help with improving your content’s ranking on the Discover page, please contact [email protected].