tips & tricks
WCM tip #8: Resetting List’s permissions removes anonymous access to the catalog
When resetting List’s permissions anonymous access to the catalog is removed as well.
WCM tip #7: Map your custom column to the UsageAnalyticsId Managed Property
When publishing lists other than the standard Product Catalog list as catalog, map the Crawled Property linked to the Site Column representing the unique identifier of each catalog item to the UsageAnalyticsId Managed Property.
WCM tip #6: Use complete matching for catalog item URL fields
Managed Properties linked to Site Columns used as URL fields in catalog should have Complete Matching enabled for the catalog content to be retrieved properly.
WCM tip #5: When using SP2013 SEO features the browser title replaces the contents of the PageTitlePlaceHolder Content Place Holder
When using the new Search Engines Optimization features provided with SharePoint 2013 the browser title for the particular page will replace all contents of the PageTitlePlaceHolder Content Place Holder. This is important to know particularly when building hierarchical titles.
WCM tip #4: Use canonical domain name for your website
It is a good practice to have your website work with both www and non-www domain (ie. vs. ) domain. Only one of those domains however should be defined as canonical domain for your website.