I have a blog start up on Music/Gaming/Photography and various other things.. I worked hard editing a very unique template for it and I am at the point now where I need to start filling out the footer/finishing up everything before writing content.. I am wondering, What do you guys feel is ESSENTIAL for a blog thats priority is content, but It does have adsense on it. So far, I have my archive/links, Contact page, Adsense, RSS feed info.. I have 3-4 footer slots left, not sure what to put there.. Maybe one "About the author"..
If you use Twitter then I would suggest that you put a place for your Twitter Updates. When I did this for my blog I received over 250 new Twitter followers in less than 4 days. As I gain new Twitter followers I continuously use them to gain more traffic to my blog. Great way to build traffic. I think you should also add an "About the Author" section because readers respond better if they know a little bit about you. And if you are going to monetize your blog you may also want to add a section where you can sell ad space. Just my opinion.