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Most pages start with a description that is an excerpt from the site, and replacing this with a unique description of the website can go a long way in improving a page. A good description provides all of the information a reader may want to know before they go to the actual site or any missing information that they couldn't find on the website. | Most pages start with a description that is an excerpt from the site, and replacing this with a unique description of the website can go a long way in improving a page. A good description provides all of the information a reader may want to know before they go to the actual site or any missing information that they couldn't find on the website. | ||
* In simple conversational words: What does the site offer? | * In simple conversational words: What does the site offer? | ||
| − | * What's unique about this company or website? | + | * What's unique about this company or website? |
==Headings== | ==Headings== | ||
Revision as of 22:34, 23 March 2010
To edit: create your free login, locate a page with the Find! bar above, and click an edit pencil on that page.
See the Need Help? page for more info.
Here are some specific ways you can improve the look and info on a domain page:
Add a summary
A summary is a short description of what the site is ((We automatically protect email addresses, so no need to worry about spam.)
Tag the site
What are the main 5 or 10 things that the website is about? Add these as tags to the page to help sum up what the site is and to help people find the site when searching AboutUs.org. Tags are also what determines if a site will be on certain lists. learn more
Hints
- Make sure the related domains/website are really related. learn more
- Make sure the CamelCaseCapitalization of the domain name is correct. learn more
- If the thumbnail image of the site's homepage isn't showing up or isn't up-to-date you can queue it to be updated. learn more
- Upload a portrait of yourself so that it (instead of a gray silhouette) will show up in the Recent Contributors box to the right of the page.
- Categories are being replaced by tags, so feel free to clean up the page by deleting any categories down at the bottom. learn more
- Finished improving a page? Make sure it has the things above and email
or chat with us so we can ProFollow its links. - Don't have the time? One of our professional writers can create a great page for your website that will also be spotlighted on the AboutUs.org homepage.
or See also
- Examples of great AboutUs pages
- Main help page and AboutUs chat room
- Add an AboutUs widget to your website to link to your site's page here.