Comments on: About About Pages

By: bybrifsadasty

bybrifsadasty — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:20:32 +0000

I’d prefer reading in my native language, because my knowledge of your languange is no so well. But it was interesting! Look for some my links:

By: Scrappy Marketing Solutions Blog

Scrappy Marketing Solutions Blog — Mon, 29 May 2006 14:00:50 +0000

About About Pages (via ProBlogger)

Via ProBlogger, via Copyblogger, here’s a discussion About About Pages. Both Brian at Copyblogger and Darrin at ProBlogger make a really good point about making your blog an effective marketing tool. Brian writes:Most blog ‘About’ pages tend to be…

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 20 May 2006 02:56:40 +0000

It occurred to me that I’ve always thought of about pages as being about the blogger, rather than about the blog. Darren’s post shows that he considers his abouts to be about their respective blogs. I guess they have to be when you have multiple focused blogs.

By: Joshua MInton

Joshua MInton — Thu, 18 May 2006 23:30:07 +0000

Excellent post, Darren. This was something I was completely missing on my blog. I created an About My Blog page and I think it's pretty good (although I reserve the right to change it as time goes on). I put a link to it in my Subscribe section, right below my Disclaimer link on each individual post, and underneath the Disclaimer link in my RSS Feed. Also, have you ever done a post on the different ways to tackle your blogroll? I don't have a very big blogroll because I only add sites that I actually read on a daily basis, but I actually created an "About My Blogroll" page that describes why I link to these sites and what they could offer other potential readers. Anyway, great post as usual. Thanks for the keeping us in the know.

By: Brian Clark

Brian Clark — Wed, 17 May 2006 12:49:23 +0000

Hey Darren, thanks again for giving me a great example to write about.

Charlie, you’re absolutely right about content. I think the key is that every element of your blog should get the same attention and effort as your very best post. It raises the bar a bit, but you’ll see the difference in your numbers.

By: Sammy

Sammy — Wed, 17 May 2006 09:04:19 +0000

Ditto on the About Pages. It’s always the first page I look for when checking out a new blog. You can learn a lot about a blogger from his/her About Page. If nothing more, you at least get a feel for their style of writing. I particularly like an About Page with a little humor or something that makes you feel comfortable or welcomed… know what I mean?

By: charlie

charlie — Wed, 17 May 2006 06:47:07 +0000

Great post! About pages are pretty essential in my eyes. I find they really establish trust and rapport with the authors I come across. The ‘net is such a huge anonymous place and when I can learn a little more about the person behind some good work, it really helps me build affinity with them.

That said, they do have to do good work. If they don’t have good content even the best “about me” page won’t do much for me, if I even get that far. Guess it all comes down to content again…go figure.