Comments on: The Footer, Not Dead Yet http://www.wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/ Dumping wisdom on design and the web Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:29:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeremy Wright http://www.wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-71416 Jeremy Wright Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:43:39 +0000 http://wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/#comment-71416 Fair enough ;-) Fair enough ;-)

]]> By: Thord Daniel Hedengren http://www.wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-71414 Thord Daniel Hedengren Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:27:09 +0000 http://wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/#comment-71414 Maybe you've got good footers, or 10% dedicated visitors who've you educated to use the footer then? I stand by my words, take it as a proof of you having a good footer strategy then! Maybe you’ve got good footers, or 10% dedicated visitors who’ve you educated to use the footer then? I stand by my words, take it as a proof of you having a good footer strategy then!

]]> By: Jeremy Wright http://www.wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-71402 Jeremy Wright Wed, 05 Dec 2007 16:58:06 +0000 http://wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/#comment-71402 Our footer drives 10% of our internal traffic. Saying "footers don't work" without real evidence is uncool ;-) Our footer drives 10% of our internal traffic. Saying “footers don’t work” without real evidence is uncool ;-)

]]> By: Phil Leitch http://www.wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-71053 Phil Leitch Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:30 +0000 http://wisdump.com/design/the-footer-not-dead-yet/#comment-71053 I like to use the footer as the place to capture those people that have taken the time to view the page and scroll down. Whatever your call to action might be for a particular site, I like to make it easy for the viewer to take that action while what they read is fresh in their mind. If that is filling out a contact form, subscribing to an email newsletter (or RSS feed) or buying something I like to have that ready for them to proceed with. I can see your point for blogs and most sites though. In fact I think most of that crap that fills sidebars and footers would just be best left off the site in the first place. Widgets suck. I like to use the footer as the place to capture those people that have taken the time to view the page and scroll down. Whatever your call to action might be for a particular site, I like to make it easy for the viewer to take that action while what they read is fresh in their mind. If that is filling out a contact form, subscribing to an email newsletter (or RSS feed) or buying something I like to have that ready for them to proceed with.

I can see your point for blogs and most sites though. In fact I think most of that crap that fills sidebars and footers would just be best left off the site in the first place.

Widgets suck.

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