http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/is-it-good-to-have-a-landing-page-for-your-blog Travel Writers Exchange Forum Home » Topic: Is it good to have a landing page for your blog? en-US Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:11:11 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/search.php http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/is-it-good-to-have-a-landing-page-for-your-blog#post-1393 Sat, 02 Jan 2010 12:54:23 +0000 Trisha Miller 1393@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I would disagree with the person who commented on your friend's blog - that "no one will read a home page that has a bunch of text on it".......people will read what interests them and whatever it was that brought them to her blog originally should, in theory, be of interest to them.</p> <p>I do believe it's good to present information clearly and concisely, and whenever you can use photos to illustrate the point (because people do like illustrations as well as text).</p> <p>But Gary is right - a "landing" page is nothing more than whatever page they "land" on, and how it *should be* structured depends on the purpose of the site. If they are there to get information and you get in their way of finding that with a Splash Page or Squeeze Page, people will leave your site. If they can't find the information quickly, redesign your blog so that they can. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/is-it-good-to-have-a-landing-page-for-your-blog#post-1390 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:36:45 +0000 Gary Arndt 1390@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>A landing page seems like another name for a splash page. Requiring readers to go through an extra page to get what they want really isn't a good idea. If someone can't figure out what your blog is about by looking at it, just redesign the blog. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/is-it-good-to-have-a-landing-page-for-your-blog#post-1387 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:48:26 +0000 Angela 1387@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I agree. Besides, a blog is a blog. When I visit blogs, I am not taken to a landing page. </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/is-it-good-to-have-a-landing-page-for-your-blog#post-1384 Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:25:57 +0000 Bryan Cassidy 1384@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>I personally think that "landing pages" were the big thing a few years ago in web development; however trends change.</p> <p>In the era we live in, people what information as quick as possible (at least to my beliefs) so a landing page really keeps a person one step away from the information they are looking for as they will need to click through to your blog.</p> <p>- Bryan<br /> <a href="http://www.tourfolio.com">http://www.tourfolio.com</a> </p> http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/topic/is-it-good-to-have-a-landing-page-for-your-blog#post-1383 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 07:59:40 +0000 Angela 1383@http://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/Forum/ <p>Ok, my friend uses Linkreferral (I saw something about it on the forum) to drive traffic to her website. Someone reviewed her website which is a blog. The commenter remarked that no one will read a "home page" that has a bunch of text on it. But that's what a blog is. When you visit blogs, the "blog" is what shows up not a landing page. Should a blog have a landing page? Any thoughts on this... </p>