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Great post. I wrote something a few years ago on a similar topic:
19 gorgeous website footers:
http://www.seomoz.org/blog/put-your-best-foot-forward

I think that I will start putting my blog networks in my footer.

Thanks,
Nate

Good tips. Guess what, I just redesigned my site and I have contact link in footer only! Its purely depend on how designers present the things. Isn’t it?

In my footer I duplicate navigation plus display my latest tweet and stumble. None of these are very important but they give reader opportunity to either dig deeper or wander away (but in a way related to me).

I know a lot of blogs use quite thick footers, take for example this one. But I see it more of a way to express yourself and increase information within that page. A lot of e-commerce website’s are now starting to push this.

@ Matthew - Thanks for that link

Often I find my blog footers are quite bland, because by the time I get to that area of the design - I’ve already spent so much time creating the header & rest of the design layout, that I just want to get it done.

Never really put much thought into footers before but this all makes sense. *grabs pencil and jots it all down* Thanks so much for the informative writing.

Thanks for those links. I would like to do more with my footers besides have my e-mail addy and copyright info. It’s hard to be creative with an area where everybody is using it for the same thing. And it’s true, as you get to the bottom of the page (at least on the home page) a website gets more and more boring and it doesn’t have to be that way)

I know a lot of blogs use quite thick footers, take for example this one.

I too never really do much with my footers, but looking at the examples you link to it does seem an opportunity missed to neglect them.

Great Tips. I do completely agree with you. Yes attention decreases from top to bottom but footer is one of the most important part of the website.

Thanks for the links to the most impressive blog footers

Good article. Key point: be creative w/ it.

Note to self: redesign footer

I think, footer as important as the header. This is where eye CATCHING

nice article. I learn how to use footer at effectively.

Best post.Thank you

hi, Nice post.thank you for sharing. “Putting a ‘Contact’ page link in your footer is fine, however, when you’ve linked it again in a high attention area. Having navigation at both the top and bottom of your blog will improve its usability” i agree your points.

“Blog footers help capture and maintain the interest of the visitor who thinks they’ve seen everything” this is true.

best tips.

Thanks Skellie, three key things in designing blog footer did helped me.

The information given is really worth and this helps my page appear better.

I too agree with your tips.

Great blog. keep on going,

Thanks for your wonderful tips

Thank you for thsi posting

i will bookmark this blog now. In this blog have many information.

Great post.Thank you

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Nice tips, i just bookmarked your site.. wil come back for more such tips !

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Awesome article! Thanks for the post!

Thanks for this post - some great advice.

BTW, I think your footer design should be added to the list.

Thanks! Nice article about footer…

Sure thing! Make sense.

Great ideas. Lists like this are a great thing t bear in mind when working on a design.

I work regularly on different design and different patterns. For that i do like the wordpress plugin, and get most of help out of it. Here, I do like to write as your tips are really valuable. And so i do have forwarded your points to my friends and professional ones. And i got many thanks to do so… So just to let you know about it.

Good information, that everyone who develops websites can use. Good writing once again

Thanks for sharing useful tips

Thanks for sharing the information about how we should present the header, footer and to keep the visitors entertained in blogs

Thanks for sharing that .

Your footer isn’t a navigation bar - good tip! Some are too busy.

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And some things you expect to find in the footer, like contact details (snailmail), sitemap, terms etc. So don’t forget the basics.

It’s interesting that you should have brought it up. I’ve been doing some research and what you have mention does work, to a certain extend.

Really useful link this is…..

Thanks for the informative post. I will definitely take these pointers into consideration. Once gain thanks for the good tips..

Thank you for this post and these tips. You gave me the envie to set up my own blog. Thank you !

Great guest post by Skellie, thanks for sharing the links, they are good starting points.

I always try to put in the footer “Related Topics” or such, since the reader may want more once they reach the end of the page. Whatever you can do to make the reader stay on your site is the goal.

Thanks for the useful advice Skellie! I think a lot of blog designers just end up using their footer as another navigation, it’s a shame they don’t do more with it.

the details make all the difference! this is one i havent thought about. Guess Im off to create a new footer!

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I like This blog design nice work

i never really do much with the website footers i design for clients, but after seen this i might.. do you think it affects the serps?

Great tips, i will keep them in mind when designing my next footer.
Also, some really nice footer design in those links.
Thanks.

Really great tips! Thanks for sharing…

By the way, keep posting!

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thanks very very much for this great information

There more very good information on this site…!
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Thanks for your gr8 information it will help me a lot

excellent stuff here, thabk u, will use this advise

I really like the concept of new Blog footer of Links. I really like to design my Blog or Website footer for a relevant Links. Which i consider as a user friendly concept.

i always screw up footers… whats the trick?

Very informative, thanks for the good input!

Thanks for the informative post. I will definitely take these pointers into consideration. Once gain thanks for the good tips..

Always something to be considered when designing a blog-the footer gets more attention than you may think, the people who find theier way there the majority of the time may be looking for the author or designer-so making first impressions count can fall into play here.

Some fine examples listed here matey. Keep it up.

i never really bother with the footer of website, do you really think its that important?

some good examples to think about.. Also before you do a site do you produce a mock up for you client?

Footers are becoming so useful these days, especially for all the social media bits - too often people fill it with keyword links.

Great article though -

Ryan

nice post

Great Post. I would agree footers are becoming important. A lot of people scroll through the page quickly and end up at the bottom… so that may be your only chance to visually capture someone again.

Yes, you are right. footer as important as the header.
Great tips, i will keep them in mind when designing my blog footer.
Thanks for sharing.

You are right. The footer is an important port of a website that is often neglected. Until now, I mostly wrote links to my other sites in there.

Really informative post special this point “Attention decreases from top to bottom”. Thanks for sharing

Nice post you have touch some much ignored points of blog designing.My question is does it really need a good footer? I just mention Google’s suggestion of posting adsense they have given least importance to footer.In general visitor does not pay much attention at footer.

While I do believe there are valid points I think its important not to lose sight of the overall design also. I have seen some websites where too much emphasis has been put on the footer, making the whole page off-balance design wise.

I think that I will start putting my blog networks in my footer. Thanks

My opinion is tat you should keep the design of your new blog simple and clean. This way you can have more visible call-to-action titles, which are the most important thing in order to generate some sales from a visitor.

First, you need to design an attractive header design which attracts people, second, and most important, you should creat great content and third, build a list. Those must be included in the new blog design, if you ask me…

Cheers,

Cartobias S.

Often I find my blog footers are quite bland, because by the time I get to that area of the design - I’ve already spent so much time creating the header & rest of the design layout, that I just want to get it done.

incredible, i saw something like tahat in http://www.todaybestdesigner.com, very good

Two big thumbs up :-), thanks for the good input!

Well good tips mostly people dont give consideration to footer.

We always see wrong build footers (full of some legal crap, for example). I bookmarked Skellie`s blog.

Great points that you have listed. I agree with most of them. When I design sites from now on i will make sure I follow some of these guide lines

Very short, sweet and straight forward tips… I think its all about quality from look and content vise we maintain while creating blog..
Very nice Article!

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Thanks For this post…

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Very simple and nice article!

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Very helpful write up!

Yes i agree with you. footer is as important as header. Thanks for sharing this informative post. keep it up, guy!

it looks like a good source of information. i ll bookmark this page so i can access later and i will share it with my friends. thanks for sharing with us

one thing i find useful is to use no follow tags on user friendly tags such as “roller banners” and then i pay presence to the same link to the same page on the footer using a target kyphrase which is less competitive e.g. “roller banner stands” - its good for seo - but search engines do now pay less preference to footer links

Evident but helpful tips. Also I think there are more much than “3 things to remember”.

It was nice reading the article. We many a time miss on these essentials. Thanks for sharing the same.

Yes, I agree with you. footer is as important as the header and content part in blog. I will keep them in mind when designing my blog.

Thanks for sharing.

The footer is good to post some links to inner articles. YOu get the PR of the whole site to those articles, and therefore you can rank better in the SERPs.

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Wow, something I never paid much attention to but after seeing those designs I certainly will!

Brilliant post! You think of everything

I need directions on how to embed an amazon store into my wordpress blog. I want to use my own header and footer and have it be part of my site instead of linking to it..

thanks for sharing the information..well it is very useful.. i think i need to upgrade my blog..many thanks to you

I will notice this!

Footer is the hardest part to design.Thanks for nice tips.Really help me out.

I know a lot of blogs use quite thick footers, take for example this one. But I see it more of a way to express yourself and increase information within that page. A lot of e-commerce website’s are now starting to push this.

Excellent post, thanks!

What you say is perfectly true, and I feel like I already knew it, but you had to write it to realize the importance of the footer.

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Good information

I agree with all three points you mentioned and i must say they are very beneficial. Thanks for the info

Just read this again, still a top notch article

This is so elaborate and detailed. Useful for almost everyone who is into blogging. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks, Very important thing you said in that blog. I love to read that all important point to remember when designing.

Really nice suggestion.. thanks for sharing

Put it at the bottom of the page

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footer is really an important part of website that helps in navigation and of course in seo too…

My skills in designing a blog footer are limited so thanks for the help on this matter.

Nice article, what would you say about having ‘related topics’ in the footer?

hey really helpful… thanks…

Really it’s good article i’m suggest another one

Thanks

thank for this article

Great tips.
These do also apply to general website design.

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Really nice suggestion..thanks!

Very nice article, thanks. Some really helpful info here. Good links here too.

great footer tips.

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