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How to improve AboutUs pages

AboutUs.org is a guide to websites... and you can edit pages here!
To edit: create your free login, locate a page with the Find! bar above, and click "edit" 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:

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Add a summary

A summary is a short description of what the site is (< 63 characters). Click the blue "click here to sum up this website" link at the top of the page (or the green pencil to the right to edit an existing summary). learn more

Headings

Domain pages automatically start with Title, Description, Additional Information section headers, but a page can be made much better by changing and adding to these. Try merging the Title and Description section and making the business name the header. learn more

  • (Note: On pages created recently by our new bot the basic section headers are different and they can't currently be moved or changed, although the "Wiki" section on the page is much more free and you can add other section headers there like ==this==.)

Write a unique description

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? learn more

Add a logo or photos

Adding a logo or other images as examples of your website, services or anything else related is a fabulous way to liven up your AboutUs page. There are many possibilities, such as having your description wrap around the logo or a photo gallery with captions. learn more

  • (Note: On pages created recently by our new bot there is a logo section which is more friendly and you can add additional images to the "Wiki" section of the page.)

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, 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

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