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Have you built one of the most important pages that you can

By: George Slater

For those of you interested in auctions and ebay you must make sure you fill in your about me page on E-bay. Many people forget to do this and that is a big mistake.

What is the about me page
Well it is just that, it is all about you, you can list whatever you want people to know about you. And it is hosted at ebay. If you have missed it then after you have read this article go to http://members.ebay.com/aboutme/georgeslater and click on the "create your own About Me Link at the bottom of the page. Everything else is then follow your nose.

Why is an About Me page so important?
If you are an auction seller, and lets face it that’s what most of use want to become because you only make money when you sell, then it is very important that we give the buyer everything they want from us to buy. And in most cases that is knowing who they’re buying from.

Why else is it important?
Well there is always the linking, the added trust that you get because you have a page on ebay and its just good to have.

Can I put up html or is it just text?
If you go to my link above you will seed that you can use pictures, links and html. No Java or anything fancy but enough to make the page interesting.

Can I copy you format?
No problem please just go right ahead. If you aren’t used to copying stuff of the web, it is easy just go to View on the menu bar once you are at my about me page, click view source. Then press the file button on the text editor that comes up and save the file, call it "About Me code”. All you have to do then is delete every thing from the top of the page down until this message: -

-- **** Start of HTML from the template **** --

leave the text then until the next message

-- **** End of HTML from the template **** --

but delete everything after. Now resave it. Then change the text that is left. You should be able to work out the bits that need changing. If not then just use the ebay online tools, until you’re a bit happier about changing html or you can get somebody to help you.

NB Honestly it is really easy to do. And here is another tip. Change the file name fromAboutme.txt to Aboutme.html, this allows you to see what effect your changes have. Then change back again.

OK the last thing is to put up your page.
As I said if you have not the skills in html then just use the standard on-line tools from ebay, not as pretty but they still do the job.

What should your About Me Page contain?
Well that is really up to you but I would suggest your name, address, phone number but not an e-mail address, otherwise you will get spammed. You will see from my site that I use a Contact Form. Also and very importantly your URL. Although this will not count a lot on your site listing with the search engines every little helps.

I hope that you have found this useful.
About the author:

George Slater

George Slater is an SBI Webmaster and can help you generate massive amounts of traffic to your site that can then be turned into paying clients.

Tel +61 8 9291 7343
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