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Written by Darice de Cuba on April 6, 2011
As mentioned last week, this week I’m listing exemplary about pages from weblogs in the 9rules feed. While going through the weblogs I noticed that some put up the date on which the about information was updated. I have mixed opinions about that. On one hand you know how old the information is, on the other if it was last updated four years ago, you wonder if everything still applies, like current job, hobbies, etc. But if the weblog is regularly updated, I guess it is a minor issue when the last update on the about page was.
From these pages below you can see that most of them list their name, city of residence, current job, family and other various information. After reading about the writer and then reading the posts, you get a feeling of actually getting to know someone. For me this is one of the beauty’s of weblogs.
Art and Musings by Jessica Doyle
Even Tumblr had to recognize the need to have a page option, which many users use for their personal information.
To give your readers a sense of familiarity, go over your about page once in a while to see if anything needs to be added or removed. In my own case I at least update my age every year and add a recent photo of myself.
Noteworthy Content of the Week will be up later this week.
April 7th, 2011 at 4:22 pm
I read the About pages on blogs too. Sometimes I just want to know or understand why they are writing the blog. I like when they talk about themselves and their blog so you can decide if you want to come back and read more, or add them to your Twitter people to keep up with them more often.
April 10th, 2011 at 8:25 am
Same with me
All weblogs in my feeds or people I follow on Twitter, I know who they are(not personally though).
April 21st, 2011 at 8:00 am
I added a photo to my About after reading your post and thinking about it. It was a header on the blog before I changed themes and it didn’t fit any more. But, it’s a photo I like.