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| − | <div class="auCorner"><center><big>'''[[AboutUs.org]] is a guide to [[ | + | <div class="auCorner"><center><big>'''[[AboutUs.org]] is a guide to [[Domain Page|websites]]... and you can edit pages here!'''</big><br> '''To edit:''' [http://www.aboutus.org/sign_up create your free account] (or sign in), locate a page by searching for the website (like example.com), and click an '''edit link''' on that page. <br>''See the [[Help|Need Help?]] page for more info.''</center></div> |
<big><big>Here are some specific ways you can improve a website's page:</big></big> | <big><big>Here are some specific ways you can improve a website's page:</big></big> | ||
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| − | ==Write a unique '''description''' (in your own words) | + | ==Write a unique '''description''' (in your own words)== |
| − | 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. | + | 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? What's unique about this company or website? | 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? What's unique about this company or website? | ||
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| + | Just click the "edit" button at the top on your domain page to start. | ||
==Headings== | ==Headings== | ||
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Try merging the Title and Description section and making it the business name or something catchier. ''[[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting|learn more]]'' | Try merging the Title and Description section and making it the business name or something catchier. ''[[AboutUs:Basic wiki formatting|learn more]]'' | ||
| − | [[Image: | + | [[Image:EditMeScreenshotImage.png|thumb|[[EditMe.com|An improved page]]]] |
==Add a '''logo''' or '''photos'''== | ==Add a '''logo''' or '''photos'''== | ||
Adding a logo is easy with the built-in section at the top left. | Adding a logo is easy with the built-in section at the top left. | ||
| − | Beyond that, adding | + | Beyond that, adding other images as examples of your website, services or anything else related is a fabulous way to liven up the Wiki section of your site's AboutUs page. There are many possibilities, such as having your description wrap around the logo or a photo gallery with captions. ''[http://www.aboutus.org/help/getting-started#Adding_an_Image learn more]'' |
==Add/update '''contact''' info== | ==Add/update '''contact''' info== | ||
| − | Because contact information can go a long way in helping someone trust a website and it is often something that a person may have to dig for on the website itself we strongly encourage sites to provide contact information on their [[AboutUs]] [[ | + | Because contact information can go a long way in helping someone trust a website and it is often something that a person may have to dig for on the website itself we strongly encourage sites to provide contact information on their [[AboutUs]] [[Domain Page]]. <small>(We automatically protect email addresses entered into that field, so there's no need to worry about spam.)</small> |
| − | == | + | == Add Relevant Categories == |
| − | What are the main 5 or 10 things that the website is about? Add these as | + | What are the main 5 or 10 things that the website is about? Add these as categories to the page to help sum up what the site is and to help people find the site when searching [[AboutUs.org]]. |
[[Image:BotScrapeScreenShot.png|thumb|A basic page]] | [[Image:BotScrapeScreenShot.png|thumb|A basic page]] | ||
==Hints== | ==Hints== | ||
| − | * Make sure the '''[[ | + | * Make sure the '''[[RelatedDomains|related domains/website]]''' are really related. ''[[RelatedDomains|learn more]]'' |
* Make sure the '''[[CamelCaseCapitalization]]''' of the domain name is correct. ''[[CamelCaseCapitalization|learn more]]'' | * Make sure the '''[[CamelCaseCapitalization]]''' of the domain name is correct. ''[[CamelCaseCapitalization|learn more]]'' | ||
* If the thumbnail image of the site's homepage isn't showing up or isn't up-to-date [[UpdateThumbnail|you can queue it to be updated]]. ''[[UpdateThumbnail|learn more]]'' | * If the thumbnail image of the site's homepage isn't showing up or isn't up-to-date [[UpdateThumbnail|you can queue it to be updated]]. ''[[UpdateThumbnail|learn more]]'' | ||
| − | * [http://www.aboutus.org/Special/user/manage_portrait Upload a '''portrait''' of yourself] | + | * [http://www.aboutus.org/Special/user/manage_portrait Upload a '''portrait''' of yourself]. |
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==Done?== | ==Done?== | ||
| − | * Email DoFollow@AboutUs.org and we will review your edits and the website and make the page's links '''[[DoFollow]]''' to help | + | * Email DoFollow@AboutUs.org and we will review your edits and the website and make the page's links '''[[DoFollow]]''' to help promote your site if everything looks good. |
| − | * To help your website's page on [[AboutUs.org]] get indexed and show up in search results, you can link to it from your website. | + | * To help your website's page on [[AboutUs.org]] get indexed and show up in search results, you can link to it from your website. Feel free to use a normal link, or one of these [[Badge for website owners|image badges]]. |
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| − | * [[Examples of | + | * [[Examples of Great Website Profile Pages]] |
| − | * [[Help| | + | * [[Help|Help Page]] or [[Contacting AboutUs.org|AboutUs.org Contact Info]]. |
* Show off your site's page on AboutUs.org by linking to it from your website. You can use a normal link or [[Badge for website owners|image badge link]]. | * Show off your site's page on AboutUs.org by linking to it from your website. You can use a normal link or [[Badge for website owners|image badge link]]. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:31, 4 June 2015
To edit: create your free account (or sign in), locate a page by searching for the website (like example.com), and click an edit link on that page.
See the Need Help? page for more info.
Here are some specific ways you can improve a website's page:
Write a unique description (in your own words)
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? What's unique about this company or website?
Just click the "edit" button at the top on your domain page to start.
Headings
Some website pages start with Title, Description, and Additional Information section headers in the Wiki section, but a page can be made much better by changing and adding to these.
Try merging the Title and Description section and making it the business name or something catchier. learn more
Add a logo or photos
Adding a logo is easy with the built-in section at the top left.
Beyond that, adding other images as examples of your website, services or anything else related is a fabulous way to liven up the Wiki section of your site's AboutUs page. There are many possibilities, such as having your description wrap around the logo or a photo gallery with captions. learn more
Add/update contact info
Because contact information can go a long way in helping someone trust a website and it is often something that a person may have to dig for on the website itself we strongly encourage sites to provide contact information on their AboutUs Domain Page. (We automatically protect email addresses entered into that field, so there's no need to worry about spam.)
Add Relevant Categories
What are the main 5 or 10 things that the website is about? Add these as categories to the page to help sum up what the site is and to help people find the site when searching AboutUs.org.
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.
Done?
- Email DoFollow@AboutUs.org and we will review your edits and the website and make the page's links DoFollow to help promote your site if everything looks good.
- To help your website's page on AboutUs.org get indexed and show up in search results, you can link to it from your website. Feel free to use a normal link, or one of these image badges.
See also
- Examples of Great Website Profile Pages
- Help Page or AboutUs.org Contact Info.
- Show off your site's page on AboutUs.org by linking to it from your website. You can use a normal link or image badge link.