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Blog Audit Challenge 2020: February

February 28, 2020 

February’s Blog Audit Challenge 2020

Blog Audit Challenge 2020 (picture of a woman's hands on the keyboard of a laptop)Blogging Friends,

This year I’m participating in a Blog Audit Challenge 2020 hosted by Jo Linsdell. The plan is to work on making our blogs even better and setting our goals for the coming months. Each month will have its own challenge to work through. Join us!

February’s Challenge is to focus on Information Pages:

1. About Page

One of the first things I look for when I land on a new-to-me blog is the About page. I’m disappointed every time there isn’t one. Jo Linsdell states that the About page is statistically one of the most visited pages on a blog, and I’m adding to those statistics every time I visit a blog. Before I give a follow, I like to know just a little bit about the blogger. I’m looking for a picture, points of connection, and a smattering of compatibility. One item that Jo Lindsell suggested is including a CTA (call to the action on the About page), so I edited mine to include that. I hope you’ll give my About page (found among the menu tabs) a glance and that you find it helpful.

2. Legal Disclaimers

This is a hard part of this month’s challenge because I’m still not sure I have everything I need, but I did read over my Policies, Disclosures, and Copyright page (found among the menu items) and tweaked it a bit. If you look at it and find any serious errors or omissions, please let me know! I compiled mine originally by looking at the pages of many other bloggers for ideas on content and wording. I will continue to investigate what other bloggers have written, and I will review and edit my page from time to time. I do know it’s absolutely vital to have one! Jo Linsdell refers us to the following helpful sites for pointers:  https://raelyntan.com/write-blog-disclaimer/ or this one at https://thesavvycouple.com/blogging-laws/.

3. Resources

I do have some book lists and helpful posts under the menu items which can be viewed as resources:

  • A-Z Book Review List
  • BookClub Recommendations
  • How I Use Goodreads
  • Thinking About Books and Reading (thought pieces)
  • Nonfiction

What I do not have is a free download that people who follow my blog can receive. I need to think about what this would look like. Maybe a book review template for writing your own review? Maybe a printable bookmark? I’m sure I need a tangible freebie of some sort, but I need to investigate the technology side of offering this. For now, the above menu items are the only resources I offer.

This completes February’s tasks for the Blog Audit Challenge 2020. Are you participating?

Find January’s Challenge Here.

March’s Challenge will focus on the Trimmings.

QOTD!

If you are a blogger, do you have an about page, a legal page, other information pages, or resources?

If you are a follower and have always wanted to make a suggestion for improvement, now’s your chance! I’d love to hear feedback about why you continue to follow or read my reviews and other blog content. I’d like to hear about what I could improve. I am committed to the genres I review, so that’s firm for now.

ICYMI

Winter 2019 TBR (finished!)

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My favorite read so far this year here.

Happy Reading Book Buddies!

“Ah, how good it is to be among people who are reading.”
~Rainer Maria Rilke

“I love the world of words, where life and literature connect.”
~Denise J Hughes

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~Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“I read because books are a form of transportation, of teaching, and of connection! Books take us to places we’ve never been, they teach us about our world, and they help us to understand human experience.”
~Madeleine Riley, Top Shelf Text

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32 comments

  1. Thank you for the blog audit challenge! I need to work on mine and this gives me a place to start!

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  4. I really enjoyed this, Carol! My template doesn’t have an About Me page option, so I’ve had a little about me on my contact page. For privacy, I don’t have a photo or much personal info. I actually don’t have many page options more than what I have posted already, and I have changed templates once and cannot do it again. All those plugins! Eek! 😂 Thanks for all this helpful info. It’s good food for thought.

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    • I thought you were on WordPress??? You can’t add a page to your menu options? I understand about the privacy concerns. I limit the amount of personal content too! I love putting a face to a name though!

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  6. I do have an about page, but it probably needs to be updated. I also have no Legal Disclaimers at all. Something I need to work on I guess. Thanks for posting this, I have some ideas of what I need to do.

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  7. You’re doing a great job with the challenges so far. Way to go! The legal stuff is always hard as it tends to change often as new rules are introduced.

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