Blog Page Linked in Footer

Explanation & Implementation Guide

Explanation

The footer acts as a safety net for users, providing them with one last opportunity to find valuable information before they decide to leave your site. By including a link to your blog in the footer, you ensure that visitors have easy access to your blog’s educational, informative, or entertaining content. This can potentially reduce bounce rates and increase time on the site. Such user engagement signals to search engines that your site provides valuable content, thus indirectly boosting SEO and enhancing user experience.

Implementation Guide

Manual Check:

The simplest way to identify if your blog is linked in the footer is to scroll down to the bottom of your Shopify site and look for the blog link manually.

look for blog link manually

View Page Source:

  • Right-click on your website’s footer and select “View Page Source” from the context menu.
  • Use the browser’s search function (Ctrl + F on Windows or Command + F on Mac) and type in “blog” to see if there’s a link embedded in the footer code.
View Page Source

Fixing the Issue

Access Your Shopify Admin

Log into your Shopify account and go to ‘Online Store’ > ‘Navigation’.

Access Your Shopify Admin

Edit Footer Settings:

Click on one of the Footer menus to open the list in the editor.

Edit Footer Settings

Add Menu Item:

Navigate to the menu list and click on Add menu item at the end of the list in the editor.

Add Menu Item

Label It:

Label the menu item as “Blog” or something similarly clear.

Label the menu item

Link this menu item to your blog page URL. Typically, this would be “/blogs/your-blog-name”, but check the exact URL structure in your Shopify blog section.

Set URL structure for blog

Save and Review Changes:

Save your changes in the theme editor and visit your site. Scroll down to the footer to ensure the blog link appears and functions correctly.

Save and Review Changes

Click on the newly added blog link to ensure it directs users to the correct blog page.

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