Comments on: Conduct an About Page Audit

By: Blog Patient

Blog Patient — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 02:34:56 +0000

Wowsers..seriously, I just *added* an about page after reading this tip last week and increased my pageview daily average from 2000 to 2500.

By: Sharon Hurley Hall

Sharon Hurley Hall — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:52:00 +0000

Hi Darren

I’m joining the party late as usual. This is a great series, and I’ve just revised my about page on Get Paid To Write Online to include a bit more about the blog. I’d be happy to know what people think.

By: NYC EMS

NYC EMS — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 17:30:47 +0000

Thank you thank you thankkkkkkkkkkkkkkk you!
Ok now back to doing the rest of this.

By: Ryan Imel

Ryan Imel — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 16:24:46 +0000

Great advice. I’m finally taking it!

http://themeplayground.com/about

Thanks again.

By: SingForHim@Real Life

SingForHim@Real Life — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:15:55 +0000

OK, thank you, Darren for inspiring me to do a real “about” page instead of using my Blogger profile. I’ve finally finished it after thinking about it for weeks.

Jerri said: “You can link to your profile, in Blogger’s format, but the blog tool doesn’t support self-created static pages. The best workaround is post an “About” post, and add a custom static link to it in your navigation bar.”

This is exactly what I’ve done, and it works very well. I also have a “favorites” link on my top menu using the same technique.

By: Dunia Fana

Dunia Fana — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 10:03:09 +0000

Last month, when I publish my blog on forums. I forgot to create about page. I knew it from statistic, after that I create about page.

By: uncle wilco

uncle wilco — Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:34:46 +0000

What would you recommend calling it

I call mine
“this shedblog”

which i think is confusion….

By: Jen / domestika

Jen / domestika — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:20:21 +0000

After months of stalling, I finally made my About page. Frankly, do-it-yourself root canal surgery might have been easier and less agonizing… But anything so very difficult must be very important to tackle, right?

By: MDB

MDB — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:40:05 +0000

Thanks Darren, you got me on the case. Job done :)

It’s the little things that add up to something great… am loving this line of tips so far.

By: JD

JD — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 11:37:19 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Darren. I thought my “About JD” page said PLENTY about me–probably more than anyone cares to know–but I realized I hadn’t really said anything about my blog. So, thanks to your tip, I added a new question to the “interview” on my “About” page to help clarify that. This also allowed me to link back to my very first post. Thanks again for the great idea!

My “About JD” page:

http://idothings.info/?page_id=2

By: Rob O.

Rob O. — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 09:57:38 +0000

I'd appreciate a little feedback on our About 2Dolphins page. I'm a bit concerned that I didn't manage to get our contact info in "above the fold" and have wondered if that's really a problem. One thing I've noticed with other bloggers' About pages is how seldom photos are posted of the author(s). Seems to me that doing so humanizes your blog - or literally, puts a face with a name. What're everybody else's thoughts on that?

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 08:12:24 +0000

With the About Us page being one of the most popular on a site, it’s a great reminder that we do need to focus, or re-focus, on exactly what goes into it. No more the days of a one paragraph blurb as an afterthought to hours of site-building. Thanks.

By: Rich Grad

Rich Grad — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:41:29 +0000

Hey guys, would appreciate if you all could give me some feedback on my about page. Thanks!

By: David Mackey

David Mackey — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 03:41:55 +0000

Thanks for sharing the link to the earlier article. I was about to ask, “What exactly should be on this page?” But you pre-empted me.

By: Steven Snell

Steven Snell — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:37:30 +0000

Thanks for prompting me to do this Darren. Mine needs some work.

By: Terra Andersen

Terra Andersen — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:13:13 +0000

I can imagine SO much more to put on my about me page… but then it’d be like 100 pages long!

By: DB Ferguson

DB Ferguson — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:39:26 +0000

Here’s a list of elements that I have on my About Us page (http://www.nofactzone.net/?page_id=2) that might be helpful to bloggers looking to create their own page:

* Why I started the blog
* The meaning of the blog name
* Clear mission statement for the blog
* Unique aspects of my blog (what makes me different from other blogs)
* Site stats at a milestone, in our case, our 1-year anniversary
* Major links to our site (from Mainstream media and prominent bloggers, such as HuffPo, Popwatch, TV Squad, etc.)
* Projects that our site has done (blog entry series, subsites relating to the subject matter)
* Tech talk (Wordpress talk, theme, how the site is built mainly)
* A “thank you” to the readers of the blog
* Bios of all of the contributors to the blog

By: Roger (Cheap Advertising Blog)

Roger (Cheap Advertising Blog) — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:30:38 +0000

The About Me Page is kind of difficult to write. But I agree it is important and I should put more emphasis on that.

By: KimC

KimC — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:15:21 +0000

Blogger provides a profile page for bloggers, but I’m betting that’s not good enough, huh?
Is there a better way in blogger than simply using a post as your about page?

By: pearl

pearl — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 18:05:35 +0000

I have been meaning to write an about page all of this month but couldn’t come up with something without having to put some personal info especially when I am not sure what my ‘niche’ is. Now that I am trying to follow along this project I will have to create this page, although not sure how to go about in my situation! anyone any suggestions?