What is the importance of contact Us page in Google Point of View ?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by kumar.kumsin, Apr 22, 2009.

  1. #1
    Hi All

    I have a small query about the Contact Us page and About Us page. As per the Google Webmaster tool instructions Our web page importance is depending upon the internal linking and External Linkings. Basically we will link our mos important pages in header or footer and this will appear in all the web pages. That means we are sharing our Home page link juice to that links directly. Similarly We are linking the About us page or contact Us page in Header or Footer of the Body tag.
    My Question is
    1) Will Google give the same value to this pages as same as our main business pages? (links, PR and SERP values)
    2) Will internal linking give more important to that pages ? if Yes means
    Could we use No Follow for these Links?
    3) What is the Need of the Contact Us Page ?

    Thanks in Advance for the Clarification
     
    kumar.kumsin, Apr 22, 2009 IP
  2. dzi

    dzi Well-Known Member

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    the need of that page is to give visitors ways of contacting you - or to mention your physical address once again if you aim to rank in Google maps, but after all its a page on your site like any other one so same rules will apply.
     
    dzi, Apr 22, 2009 IP
  3. Traffic-Bug

    Traffic-Bug Active Member

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    It is just a linked page from your main page, sometimes its PR is the same as your main page PR.
     
    Traffic-Bug, Apr 22, 2009 IP
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    hostinghelp24 Banned

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    It's just a linking.About us page is for giving informtion about them.The need of Contuct Us page is to contuct with them for any complain or information or greetings for somethin that you choose.
     
    hostinghelp24, Apr 22, 2009 IP
  5. elchenuk

    elchenuk Active Member

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    Not necessarily, some link juice will be passed down to those pages, but it depends how you are linking to them, what anchor text you are using to link to them.

    Internal linking is an important way for Googlebot to crawl your site, putting a nofollow attribute on your links is seriously restricting the ability of your site to perform well on the search engine. If there are legitimate pages that you don't want Google to index use a robots.txt file. In this instance though you should be allowing Google to index these pages. It is quite often the case that your home page will have the best pagerank this is because most people will like to your web domain.

    Contact us pages are very important, it adds an openness to your site i.e. 'we are happy to receive your comments and thoughts'. Also a contact us form is a lead generation tool, if you are in the business of selling products or services, a contact us form is invaluable.
     
    elchenuk, Apr 22, 2009 IP
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    ltimranjaved Peon

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    there is no harm in having contact us page,this will help u in a way that google crawler will consider
    it as a more professional site
     
    ltimranjaved, Apr 22, 2009 IP
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    nadavbentor Peon

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    1.you can use nofollow if you like not to loose Juice.
    2. The actual page are what makes your site looks real to google and not just some link farm
    that is why they want people to have these pages.
     
    nadavbentor, Apr 22, 2009 IP
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    dmvictoria Well-Known Member

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    I agree with elchenuk.

    The contact us or about us section is an important part of your website. It adds a degree of legitimacy to your site by providing an avenue for communication if needed. It says to site visitors that you are a real person or company that stands behind the information or services you provide.
     
    dmvictoria, Apr 22, 2009 IP