{"id":27,"date":"2011-09-01T09:18:33","date_gmt":"2011-09-01T13:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ciulla.org\/blog\/?p=27"},"modified":"2011-09-01T10:08:05","modified_gmt":"2011-09-01T14:08:05","slug":"why-should-i-have-a-contact-me-link-on-my-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ciulla.org\/blog\/2011\/09\/01\/why-should-i-have-a-contact-me-link-on-my-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Should I Have a “Contact Me” Link on My Site?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Best practice for websites — have an immediately noticeable means for your readers to contact you.
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Blogroll<\/dt>\n
A list of other blogs that a blogger might recommend by providing links to them (usually in a sidebar list).<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Teri, she who is my wife, has bookmarked a TON of foodie sites.<\/p>\n

While reading Cooking Stuff<\/a>, she was redirected to a scummy “Hey, this site is for sale” landing page.<\/p>\n

After hearing her disgusted grunt, I took a look at it.<\/p>\n

Turns out Cooking Stuff uses a now-defunct blogroll service, Blogrolling.<\/p>\n

Poking around, I found the folks who own the Blogrolling domain, Tucows, have done something really<\/span> distasteful — after about 15 seconds, the blogroll script redirects the browser to the landing page.<\/p>\n

This is hella-confusing for Cooking Stuff’s demographic.<\/p>\n

In an attempt to be discreet, I tried to contact “Bob,” the blogger who runs Cooking Stuff… And there’s no “Contact Me” link. So, I had to leave a comment letting him (and the world) know there’s a problem with his site.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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