The Importance Of An “About Me” Page
ADVERTISEMENTSAn about me page is one of the most important pages of a blog because readers need to know about the person who’s blog they are reading and what the blog is about. I have seen many blogs that do not have an about me page and some that use the default about page on a WordPress blog.
How to write an About me page
A good about me page describes about the author of the blog with at least one photo, his experience on the topic he is writing, what the blog is about, how visitors can contact the author and offers links to the encouraging the visitors to subscribe.
You may also link to your advertise page and other important pages and posts of your blog that you want your readers to visit. Also make sure that you link your About page on your blog’s main menu or in the sidebar where it can be found easily.
Check out this blog’s about me page for an example on how to write an about me page for your blog. A good about me page can help you convert your blog’s casual surfers to regular readers.
Have you put up an About me page for your blog or do you think that it’s not important to let your readers know who you are?
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Posted on July 11th, 2007 | Category: Blogging | 125 Comments »
Kevin
July 11, 2007 at 11:53 pm
Good to see you back John. It must be a pain to deal with power cuts on a regular basis. What have you been doing to keep yourself busy in the meantime?
Shivaranjan
July 11, 2007 at 11:58 pm
Good to see you back. With laptop all you get is max of 4-5 hours backup so why don’t you try to buy a small generator or get a UPS that can your laptop for around 8-9 hours?
Shivaranjan
July 12, 2007 at 12:00 am
Once more thing..I guess you are making good use of your N73…
listikal
July 12, 2007 at 12:02 am
Good to see you back John. I was wondering what was happening. It doesn’t appear you’ve seen any dip in traffic.
JohnTP
July 12, 2007 at 12:11 am
Kevin- Yes, it’s so annoying when the power goes so often. I was not bored though as my cousins from USA were here with me after 4 years and my Nokia N73 kept me busy too
Shivaranjan- Laptops offer only 4-5 hours of backup? That’s too low
btw…are you talking about my new pic on my about page? Well the N73 is really keeping me busy
Shivaranjan
July 12, 2007 at 12:26 am
Yes John I was refering to your new pic in your about page.
Benedict Herold
July 12, 2007 at 1:56 am
Nice to see you back! BTW, thanks for the heads up. This is may lead to put my about page
Endurer
July 12, 2007 at 2:37 am
Well, to be honest, I always thought about adding an about page to my blog but didn’t have the courage to. Maybe because I always thought that no one would be interested to read about the blog author.
Thanks for giving me the ‘reason’. I will definitely add one now.
PS: Awesome blog, I will make sure that I subscribe to your feed.
Russell Wagner
July 12, 2007 at 6:30 am
Great to see you back man.
I believe it is very important for a blogger to have an about page. It turns readers down if they can’t view any thing about the blogger.
kay
July 12, 2007 at 6:31 am
Welcome back John!
Larry
July 12, 2007 at 7:30 am
Writing an about page is actually one of the hardest part in making a blog (at least for me).
I have one, but I personally didn’t like it the way it is. I will definitely try to use your advice John. Though I’m not sure if I should out my pic
Vijay Teach Me
July 12, 2007 at 9:26 am
Welcome back John,
Well everybody needs a break now and then, and your new about page has some freshness
Vijay
Nirmal
July 12, 2007 at 11:20 am
Welcome back John. Nice to see you back.
Nirmal
July 12, 2007 at 11:22 am
Hey John,
Just now only I noticed the change in about page. New photo. You look totally different in this one.
Its always necessary to have an about page.
JohnTP
July 12, 2007 at 11:53 am
listikal- I just checked…my traffic has increased and the RSS subscribers remains the same, but my AdSense earnings has decreased.
Endurer- Most readers want to know more about the blog author.
Nirmal- I guess my previous photo was edited a bit with Photoshop by the photographer.
Ram
July 12, 2007 at 7:16 pm
John, good post about ABOUT page. It is one of the advantages WP users have over Blogspot users. Surely we have to utilize it.
I was really waiting for a new content. Thanks for coming back.
Madhur Kapoor
July 12, 2007 at 7:22 pm
Good to see you back John . This posts reminds me to update my About me page and add an Advertise page .
Blogging Experiment
July 12, 2007 at 11:23 pm
Welcome back John!
I actually just made a few tweaks to my about page (added contact info) after reading this article and the 4 essential elements one on QuickSprout
Ronald
July 12, 2007 at 11:29 pm
Oh John, Happy to see you back
I’ve took a photos when i was in nursery school from my mom and place into my about page. I’m sure a readers surely need to know more with the blog own/who have wrote an articles or news. Once again, thanks for share this tips.
Grace
July 13, 2007 at 12:03 am
Nice to see you back! Where did you go?
Grace
July 13, 2007 at 12:04 am
Johntp- I like your new photo.
Harry Potter 7
July 13, 2007 at 12:41 am
I always add more info on my about page, i think than visitors like to see, who is the blogger.
You have a nice blog, a lot of interesting posts xD
John Metcalfe
July 13, 2007 at 3:36 am
Nice to see you back john i wondered where you’d disappeared to!
I totally agree with you the importance of a good about me page because speaking personally it’s one of the first pages i look at when i discover a new blog that interests me…
John Metcalfe
Mark
July 13, 2007 at 3:38 am
I’ve wondered – how important would you say it is to have a picture on your about page? I find it easier to get into a blog when I can look at picture of the author.
Personal Blog
July 13, 2007 at 9:59 am
I need to work on my About page. Yours is pretty darn good. Thanks for the advice.
Nirmal
July 13, 2007 at 11:42 am
John,
I too felt that there was some thing wrong with other photo. It had some effects in it.
horisly
July 13, 2007 at 6:10 pm
wow. johntp is back.
horisly
July 13, 2007 at 6:11 pm
about page is make your blog more personality.
Shashank
July 13, 2007 at 10:11 pm
the new photo looks good…
Laptop a a good idea…which company you will look out for…
About, about page i ve yet to create one becoz i m just completed shifting to wordpress…now i can also enjoy your posts on wordpress:D
Abhishek
July 14, 2007 at 9:42 am
nice to see your new article after a long gap..
Rohit
July 14, 2007 at 12:03 pm
I am having trouble with power cuts too. It’s just so irritating
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Webmaster Money
July 14, 2007 at 1:08 pm
Arent some people rather hidden behind computer. So About page would have to tell about them something?
Zul
July 14, 2007 at 7:11 pm
I do believe the about page is important.. yet certain people still keep their profile anonymous e.g no photo, real name and so on.
Shankar Ganesh
July 14, 2007 at 8:59 pm
I may have to update the about page with my photo soon
Thanks for those tips.
Kolin
July 15, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Never had an about page on my blog, but now I understand its importance, thanx
Clara
July 15, 2007 at 10:02 pm
Glad that you’re back. Got almost getting tired of seeing the ‘SwitchPlanet’ logo on your last post.
erastis
July 15, 2007 at 11:55 pm
i’m completely agree on what you said for “about” pages. it’s as important as the content of the blog or the website itself. i couldn’t publish my website for a week due to the lack of a satisfing “about” page. so do not underestimate the power of it;)
Blogging Experiment
July 16, 2007 at 9:26 am
John, another 4 days without posting… I hope you’re not having more power problems!
Grace
July 16, 2007 at 9:54 am
Are you sick, John? Where did you go?
MoneyNing
July 16, 2007 at 11:52 am
Everyone is wondering the same thing and I will continue the trend.
“Welcome back”.
Ram
July 16, 2007 at 1:42 pm
It is really very tough to keep ourselves away from blogging and I wonder how you did it John.
Nirmal
July 16, 2007 at 2:33 pm
,
I too find it difficult to keep away from blogging for more than 2 days.
Bruce Swedal
July 16, 2007 at 8:16 pm
Blogging does get addictive. Your right that about section is a key for readers to find out about the person writing. Welcome back.
Shashank
July 17, 2007 at 9:56 am
looks like Bloggers block is getting hard on our John ..
green
July 17, 2007 at 1:38 pm
Welcome back John, i had power /energy provider issues too, actually my problem is about lightening. To workaround i had to buy new rechargeable fluorescent set.
Ronald
July 17, 2007 at 2:50 pm
May John still looking after his girlfriend
Shashank
July 17, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Girlfriend hmmmm
horisly
July 17, 2007 at 6:39 pm
your about page is very well.
SEO Web Design
July 18, 2007 at 2:59 pm
I think the about page is pretty important and should have some really good info on it. It’s almost where you sell yourself as people go there to find out more about who they are reading. I just went through and redid mine a few weeks ago after only having a short blurb about me. I think it looks a lot better.
Sally Neill
July 18, 2007 at 6:32 pm
Loved the post, I will be updating my about me page now thanks, sally
John T. Pratt
July 18, 2007 at 11:52 pm
Wow – this article is timely! JohnTP, I noticed in the myBlogLog block on my site that your were the last visitor, so I went to check out your site (hadn’t been in awhile), and the first post on the (home) page was this one. I got to thinking, ‘what does my about page say, I’m pretty sure I set one up’, and when I checked, it turned out that I still had the default Wordpress ‘about’ page (like an idiot) – and never filled it in!
As always – thanks for the great article and tips. My About page is now re-done and informative thanks to you!
ben
July 19, 2007 at 6:38 am
I agree with you John!
Snow
July 19, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Hey John, thanx for the tips. I really find ur site useful. Keep it up!
Don
July 20, 2007 at 8:22 am
Nice to see you back at the keyboard John.
I have to admit, never gave my “about” page much thought. Thanks for a timely article.
Technobuzz.net
July 20, 2007 at 6:21 pm
Nice to see u back John.
And Nice Post
http://www.technobuzz.net/
moneyaside
July 20, 2007 at 6:23 pm
Thanks for the great article and tips.
Will write some about for my websites this weekend.
Thx
Blend
July 20, 2007 at 10:59 pm
Welcome back John! Before I don’t care bout about page. But when I visit other blog and need to know the writer. That make I think about page is important.
MoneyNing
July 21, 2007 at 5:33 am
About page is VERY important. On my blog, it’s the second most visited webpage other than the front page. Check it out.
Jai
July 21, 2007 at 11:28 pm
Your piece of advice is very true. Will try to implement the same on my blog.
Thanks
Shashank
July 22, 2007 at 11:37 am
looks like john has again disappeared..
Just read your about page..you have given indepth info..
Ronald
July 22, 2007 at 9:58 pm
Where is John? We visit here like a cat without the host
Balinese
July 23, 2007 at 7:22 am
He will back sooner or later probably
Nirmal
July 23, 2007 at 9:14 am
John seems to be having problems with power supply at his house due to heavy rains.
MoneyNing
July 23, 2007 at 9:35 am
John really doesn’t update anymore… Oh well.
Rishi
July 23, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Yes, About page is one of the most important page on a blog. Whenever anyone, even me, goes to any blog first checks its About page so a professional About page matters.
And does the permalink slug to the About page also matters? I have seen about 90% of the blogs using the permalink example.com/about/ and they also get a great rank for there about page!
Shashank
July 23, 2007 at 9:59 pm
is raining still continuing in his area..
Ronald
July 23, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Nirmal – Are you chat with him?
Pedro Menezes
July 23, 2007 at 10:27 pm
Nice post. I will recreate my About Page now.
Balinese
July 24, 2007 at 6:40 am
Where are you john
Nirmal
July 24, 2007 at 9:19 am
Ronald,
Yes I had chat with him 2 days back, he is still facing the issue with power cuts. Its heavy rains here.
horisly
July 24, 2007 at 5:34 pm
sorry to hear that.
looking forward to john’s back.
Rishi
July 24, 2007 at 6:19 pm
Off topic comment Yes, Raining is a very big problem. Same in my city too…
parveen
July 25, 2007 at 8:13 am
Yes An about page is very necessary, It has hit me very greatly during early stages. Keen visitors study returning to your site would be definitely visting your about page.
Blogging Experiment
July 25, 2007 at 8:59 am
John, thanks for adding me on MyBlogLog!
Blogging Experiment
July 25, 2007 at 9:03 am
Nirmal, does the rain wipe out the power for the whole city or could John post from a library or internet cafe etc? We miss his posts..
Nirmal
July 25, 2007 at 12:29 pm
,
Raining is not a big problem, but the power cuts because of heavy rains is a big problem.
kay
July 25, 2007 at 4:04 pm
Heavy rains because of global warming?
Balinese
July 26, 2007 at 6:24 am
Perhaps, the weather is so hard to predict these days
Study Guide
July 26, 2007 at 4:00 pm
It’s always been hard to try tell the wheather, nothing new really…
Ronald
July 28, 2007 at 12:37 am
Hi Balinese – Bali is a nice place…
still not update yet… oh John, where are you now…
Larry
July 29, 2007 at 11:09 am
Still having the power cuts problem ‘eh
LOL…
kalpesh
July 29, 2007 at 11:35 am
as far as I am concerned writing an about page is extremely difficult for me but now that you have highlighted the importance of the about page I will definately perk it up. thnx.
shashank
July 29, 2007 at 4:48 pm
IF he didn’t replied soon then this post might appear in Guiness book of World records for largest no of comments
Balinese
July 30, 2007 at 7:32 am
What’s that supposed to mean?
Nirmal
July 30, 2007 at 5:56 pm
Seems like the comments have gone off topic.
,
Largest no of comments? 78 is no means largest I guess.
Shahx
July 30, 2007 at 6:01 pm
yes.. i think about page is very important for people want to know about us.
horisly
July 31, 2007 at 8:12 pm
john has not showed up for somedays. i am doubted his online paying.
Clara
August 1, 2007 at 2:38 pm
Nirmal, it’s good that at least John has you as a ’spokesperson’.
SEO Blog
August 1, 2007 at 5:42 pm
Thank you for reminding us about the importance of the About Us page. Mostly pages like these go most ignored, which can leave a not so good impact on your visitors. I’ll work on adding something to my About Us page soon!
Justin
August 1, 2007 at 8:18 pm
Ill bring the comments back on topic.
Having an about page is very important and helps your audience know more about you and/or your business. They have a closer relationship to you as they read your blog.
Blogging Experiment
August 1, 2007 at 9:56 pm
I blame Al Gore! He invented the intranets and now he’s using global warming to stop it!
Vijay Teach Me
August 2, 2007 at 1:00 am
Hahhha ha lol very well said Blogging Experiment
I hope he does not block my online money making experiment
Vijay
Ceglie Messapica
August 3, 2007 at 6:38 pm
Very very important. users can so read infor about the author.
NSpeaks
August 4, 2007 at 12:48 am
Seems rains are too heavy now in Delhi too. John…your blog is waiting for you.
cooliojones
August 4, 2007 at 4:33 am
I saw a post like this before, and it made me want to do something different with my about page. Some pages are funny, some are serious, I made a mix of the two. Good post.
Ken Xu
August 7, 2007 at 11:56 am
Hi, John. In my hometown. Power cut has become a daily view for us. My solution to it is to own a home electric generator with power 1500Watt.
Using personal laptop is another good choice. But make sure you have a external 9 cell battery to add up 6 hours to the laptop you are using at.
Nice to see you back. I subscribe to your blog, but seldom comment at your blog. My bad. ;p
Webmaster Money
August 8, 2007 at 8:01 am
It looks like John disapeard.
Balinese
August 9, 2007 at 6:45 am
Yeah, it has been a long long time.
NSpeaks
August 9, 2007 at 7:33 am
If he would have disappeared completely then who is moderating the comments here?
kitap
August 10, 2007 at 5:47 am
John is back. Nice to see you back!
and NSpeaks is rigt:D
Balinese
August 10, 2007 at 6:42 am
Nobody i suppose.
latest technology news
August 11, 2007 at 12:07 am
i came back after 1 week only to see old about page…
Don
August 11, 2007 at 8:05 am
I figure he’s running an experiment. To see how long we’ll keep shouting “Blog Damnit Blog!”
Don
Irv
August 11, 2007 at 9:11 am
does anyone know what plugin is John using in his Archives page?
kitap
August 11, 2007 at 3:06 pm
The about page is pretty important and should have some really good info on it. About page tell the people all about our websites.
kher Cheng Guan
August 12, 2007 at 12:18 am
i feel it gives a personal feel to your blog. at least i know i’m writing to a person.
horisly
August 13, 2007 at 6:03 pm
sorry not to see any comments here.
Shea
August 13, 2007 at 8:52 pm
Wow, this is a great blog! I see all sorts of wonderful tricks within the articles and even within the site itself. Very nice job! –bookmarked–
NSpeaks
August 14, 2007 at 1:34 am
Where are you John? Its More than a month since you last blogged here.
MK
August 14, 2007 at 2:21 am
Okay, I may be a bit late, but I want to comment anyway.
I personally never saw much importance in an about page – except for company/product/software/etc type sites. But for personal blogs, I don’t think I ever read them.
And my ‘about me’ page doesn’t really offer much info about me, I suppose because I like feeling slightly anonymous-y – where I can say what I want and no one REALLY knows who I am.
But then again, I guess if a blog did have an ‘about’ page that gave some insight as to who they were, people might feel more connected to them, rather than feeling like a stranger.
Anyone done a test with a blog with an “about me’ page and one without the page – to see the difference in how readers interact with the blogger?
Balinese
August 14, 2007 at 6:43 am
don’t know where he is. I think someone said but about power problem but i don’t know what is the problem
Noorizam Shah
August 14, 2007 at 9:36 am
may i know how to earn money with feedburner?
NSpeaks
August 14, 2007 at 9:51 am
Sign up for their publisher ads program…check under monetize tab of your feed. But you need around 500 subscribers to get accepted into it.
Please delete my earlier commented. Commented using wrong email id.
Marketing blog
August 14, 2007 at 12:11 pm
The Interesting part about your blog I love is your page rank and traffic.. =) will be reading up more about your blog =)
Kadir
August 15, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Thanks for your info on “About page”. I never thought this page got this much importance. I am searching for a very good picture of mine…
Tupac
August 15, 2007 at 10:18 pm
I completely agree with you mate. I regularly follow many blogs, and I have to say an About page is definately a necessaity if you want my trust. It’s nice to give users a clear idea of who exactly you are, and what your site is about. What you have to say, and why you’re saying it. A little background just supports the bond between the blogger and the end user.
Bidding Directory
August 19, 2007 at 3:54 pm
Wow how much comments. I’m using the about page on every my page. Visitors and potentional customers will trust you more.
kitap özetleri
January 10, 2008 at 7:21 pm
good thnak for article
rüya tabiri
May 20, 2008 at 2:01 am
good documents thanks
çakşır otu
May 20, 2008 at 2:02 am
thank you jhon
ilahiler
May 25, 2008 at 10:02 pm
thankss so muchss
Dilson Decano
July 11, 2008 at 6:55 pm
I am newbie in blogging. I am in process of writing my about me page. this will be my guide. tnx