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10:46 am
January 3, 2014
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Jeff Rose
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I've always believed that your about page is one of, if not, the most important pages on your blog.
I was really proud of my old about me page but I then decided to redo it for my new site design (see it here).
According to analytics, people are spending on average 1:04 which I assume (and hope) is pretty good.
Curious what you're seeing with your about page?
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11:10 am
January 3, 2014
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FrugalRules
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I think that's a great point Jeff! I believe it can really be used to communicate to the reader who you are and where you're coming from.
Taking a look at my numbers from last month, it looked like readers spent 1:30 on my About page and don't know if that's really "good" or not. I'm actually in the middle of a redesign and looking to highlight my About page more – along the lines of what Pat Flynn spoke about at FinCon. So, we'll see what that does. 
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12:43 pm
January 3, 2014
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RootofGood
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2 minutes. 4th most visited page at Root of Good. Interestingly, my other content pages on the top 10 most visited list have between 4 and 7 minutes average time on page (per google analytics). I don't know if that's good, bad, or merely inaccurate.
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1:12 pm
January 3, 2014
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maria@moneyprinciple
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Interesting point; just checked and it is 1 minute 20 secs (I re-wrote it recently as well but tried to keep it short).
Maria
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1:35 pm
January 3, 2014
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retireby40
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My avg. time on the about page is 2:39. I need to redo the about and start here pages soon. They are so important, but don't get a lot of love. There are just so many things on the to do list.
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4:40 pm
January 3, 2014
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RootofGood
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retireby40 said:
My avg. time on the about page is 2:39. I need to redo the about and start here pages soon. They are so important, but don't get a lot of love. There are just so many things on the to do list.
I need to develop a "start here" page. I have a fair amount of content but other than categories and an "all-posts" page, there isn't a great way to navigate through all the most important posts.
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5:00 pm
January 3, 2014
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Squirrelers
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To add another data point, 1:12 is the time spent on my About page.
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9:05 pm
January 3, 2014
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Jeff Rose
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retireby40 said:
My avg. time on the about page is 2:39. I need to redo the about and start here pages soon. They are so important, but don't get a lot of love. There are just so many things on the to do list.
Joe, that's fantastic!
I just noticed that you have something on your about page that I told myself I need to have (but totally forgot) – a VIDEO!
And not just an ordinary video, a very cleverly done whiteboard video. Well done!
Stay tuned, a video will be soon arriving to my about page soon. ;)
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9:07 pm
January 3, 2014
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Jeff Rose
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RootofGood said:
retireby40 said:
My avg. time on the about page is 2:39. I need to redo the about and start here pages soon. They are so important, but don't get a lot of love. There are just so many things on the to do list.
I need to develop a "start here" page. I have a fair amount of content but other than categories and an "all-posts" page, there isn't a great way to navigate through all the most important posts.
That was another of my essentials when I launched my new site design. The other was having a Resources page and a legitimate lead magnet to encourage people to sign up for my email list.
So far so good! :)
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8:53 am
January 4, 2014
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The College Investor
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On The College Investor, people are spending about 1:12, but on Beat the Nine to Five (where I have a video intro), that jumps to 2:00.
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12:43 am
January 5, 2014
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moneystepper
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Currently 1:37. I love the idea of an introduction video – certainly something I am going to consider shortly!
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2:40 pm
January 5, 2014
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Interesting! Readers are on my about page for 1:04. I definitely need to rework this page. Adding a video is a great idea!
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5:36 pm
January 5, 2014
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debtroundup
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My visitors only spend 0:59 on my about page. I am OK with that because I push them to my Start Here page, where they spend 1:40. That is the page where I want them to be, not really the about page.
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6:47 am
January 6, 2014
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My "About" page average is 1:27 seconds. I just finished watching Joe's video from Retire by 40 and I think that is an amazing idea. That is now on my To-Do list!
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4:41 pm
January 6, 2014
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brian_debtdiscipline
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Great topic. My avg. time on the about page is 0:39. I really need to add some more information here. The video is a great idea.
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4:44 pm
January 6, 2014
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According to my Analytics, not a single person has visited my About page in the 3+ years I've had my food blog.
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