What pages should a new blog have?
You have singed up with a blogging platform, set up a domain or sub domain for your blog, Put the title of your blog and added different widgets but now what? BLANK! Where to start from and which pages to be added?
For every website or blog every post is a page but in blogging world there is a different value being added to the word 'pages' as they are always kept aside with normal posts. So what are they? Actually every blogging platform kept aside its stand alone pages from its normal pages which contains your posts and call them pages separately.
Adding Pages to your blog add special value to your blog not by increasing additional page-views but also by providing certain valuable informations one curious reader ask for. Providing such information build a sense of trust and compel readers to connect with you and follow, most importantly share your posts bringing many new first time viewers to your blog.
There are variety of reasons one should add pages to his/her blog but it become much more important if he wants to monetize his blog. Every major advertising platform ask for it right from Google adsense to infolinks to confirm you will not violate their term of use and just run away anytime soon.
In this article i am going to tell you the major pages which must be added to your blog now or then to demonstrate you are not an scam and you take your blogging seriously.
About Us
According to Google analytics it is the most viewed page after your posts. Peoples are always curious about things they like, and if you provide quality content and answer there queries there is a high possibility that they would like to know about yourself.
Your About us page should be attractive and full of emotions and experience as people just in love with stories and all you need to do is to tell your story in a better nice way. Put a story which makes a impression on your viewers, this will make them remember you for long and so you will get a loyal readers.
So what are the things to be mentioned? Well it really depends on your viewers background and your blog theme example: education,business,blogging,personal etc. but here are some points anybody should put in his about us page.
For every website or blog every post is a page but in blogging world there is a different value being added to the word 'pages' as they are always kept aside with normal posts. So what are they? Actually every blogging platform kept aside its stand alone pages from its normal pages which contains your posts and call them pages separately.
Adding Pages to your blog add special value to your blog not by increasing additional page-views but also by providing certain valuable informations one curious reader ask for. Providing such information build a sense of trust and compel readers to connect with you and follow, most importantly share your posts bringing many new first time viewers to your blog.
There are variety of reasons one should add pages to his/her blog but it become much more important if he wants to monetize his blog. Every major advertising platform ask for it right from Google adsense to infolinks to confirm you will not violate their term of use and just run away anytime soon.
In this article i am going to tell you the major pages which must be added to your blog now or then to demonstrate you are not an scam and you take your blogging seriously.
About Us
According to Google analytics it is the most viewed page after your posts. Peoples are always curious about things they like, and if you provide quality content and answer there queries there is a high possibility that they would like to know about yourself.
Your About us page should be attractive and full of emotions and experience as people just in love with stories and all you need to do is to tell your story in a better nice way. Put a story which makes a impression on your viewers, this will make them remember you for long and so you will get a loyal readers.
So what are the things to be mentioned? Well it really depends on your viewers background and your blog theme example: education,business,blogging,personal etc. but here are some points anybody should put in his about us page.
- Your Story
- Why you started this blog?
- Your vision
- Any future goals
- Your short bio.
- Why they should subscribe or follow your content.
It is a formal page allowing your audience and proposed partners to connect directly. There are various occasions and for n number of reasons one want to connect with you ranging from asking help, questions or any business offers. It is also helpful in case of giving review and feed back about your contents and it so empowered your audience and show you are truly accountable for them. It also allow flexibility in case of some disputes or any complain such as of copyright as the offender can connect you directly and short out the differences without going through the legal way.
There are many ways to create Contact us page depending upon the blog needs and your comfort level. For your help here are the top common ways of doing so with just little to no effort:
- Providing your email address and mobile number and other personal information openly.
- Creating a contact form.
- Using both the above techniques.
- By displaying links to your social media profiles.
- Providing various reasons one should try to contact you.
Services
This is page solely for blogger providing business opportunities and any particular service in particular. Putting this page just sometimes increases one sales by 20%.
Guest post/ Write for us
The idea of posting content as a guest post is getting more and more popular these days. Blogger or any visitor who wants to write for you will always look for this page on your blog, Whether or not you accept guest blogging.
These pages reduce the burden on contact us page and also provide guidelines to be followed to submit guest post. This will increase your accountability and show you are a professional blogger.
The guidelines themselves are up to you. I encourage you to visit other blogs, take a look at their guidelines and copy anything you find suitable for your site but ask permission otherwise be ready for any possible copyright claims.
404 Error Page
When any person lands on deleted old post then he is redirected to 404 error page. You can use this opportunity to provide him similar post options or ratter suggest on of yours most viewed posts. This way they may find something interesting one after another helping you to bring your page views high all times even for deleted pages.
Privacy and Terms and Conditions
This is a good thing to be honest with your viewers telling them the information they collect from you and how it is been used for the development of the blog. Any advertisement you put on the site and any types of cookies and widgets used to monitor visitors on your blog.
It is a must page to be present in your site or blog if you have prepared your mind to monetize your site or blog. Putting these informations shows the website or blog is credible and respects the readers.
For sample privacy policy from one of my old blog click here.
The content on this site is subject to copyright.
This is a good thing to be honest with your viewers telling them the information they collect from you and how it is been used for the development of the blog. Any advertisement you put on the site and any types of cookies and widgets used to monitor visitors on your blog.
It is a must page to be present in your site or blog if you have prepared your mind to monetize your site or blog. Putting these informations shows the website or blog is credible and respects the readers.
For sample privacy policy from one of my old blog click here.
The content on this site is subject to copyright.
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