Like The Voter Effect we want to encourage those who can to vote today!
In honor of the elections in the US we’re showing off some civically active pages on about.me. Some are groups or websites representing themselves with an about.me page:
This November from here on out known as Movember. Movember is the global men’s health charity that encourages men to grow and women to support the moustache for 30 days to raise awareness and funds for men’s health – specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives. We’ve created Team about.me to help support men’s health.
A handful of other people on the platform already support Movember!
So join, donate, and help spread awareness.
Be sure to add ‘movember‘ as a tag so others can find you. If you update your page for Movember please comment!
It’s interesting to think of the best Apps to use on your about.me page. We’ve come up with a few themes and Apps you might want to add.
First, the intrepid traveler. You love food, new cultures and hopping the globe. What are the best ways to show that off on your about.me page?
Trippy
Display the places you’ve been and beautiful travel photos. Line up the places you want to visit. Revel in it all with Trippy.
Foursquare
Check in while traveling and discover tips and tricks from those who have been there before.
Leave your own tips for future travelers on Foursquare!
Forkly
Hungry on your trip? Discover dishes to try in your local scene with Forkly. And add your own mouth-watering pictures of the best food you eat while on the road.
Any others you’d add to your well-traveled about.me page?
In honor of the day, we’re showcasing some of the amazing costume artisans with about.me pages, like Mindy above and those below.
Where you are is part of who you are. This is abundantly clear during events like the World Series (Orange October)! Now, your about.me page can reflect where you are.
Adding a location to your page gives context to visitors. It also means you are more discoverable in Location specific search results. With Location search, you can find likeminded people in your community on about.me.
What are you waiting for? Head to your Biography tab to add your location to your about.me page! And, look up local folks in Location search. We can’t wait to see who you discover.
When I think of architecture I think of design, structure and creativity. And the about.me pages of architects reflect these characteristics in full.
A number of architects have headshots or display themselves in the background, like Nitin above and those here below.
We love seeing creative mash-ups of about.me and other websites. So not surprisingly, we’re digging the Pinterest boards we’ve discovered focusing on groups of about.me users.
One of the more specific uses is to show off a staff or department:
We have our own in this category!
Have you seen any other cool Pinterest Boards of about.me pages?
Tags are a great shorthand way to tell the world what you’re about on about.me. They increase your discoverability around specific topics and give a viewer a quick glimpse into your passions and projects.
We recently analyzed tags on the platform to learn a bit more about the about.me users. There were over 378,000 different tags used. That’s an impressive amount of diversity and creativity!
The top tags include:
marketing photographyIt’s clear you are using your pages to show off who you are from every angle.
Have you not added tags? Head to your Biography tab to include up to 10 tags describing who you are or what you do. Your page will show up in more search results specific to you!
Wow!
It’s been fantastic to see everyone sharing their WordPress blogs with their about.me widgets. We’ve been busy trying to track them all. Here are a few:
@aboutdotme Widget is smokin’ on my blog, thejeffuge.wordpress.com. So easy to setup. Thx.
— Jeff Little (@jefflittle) October 11, 2012
A whole lot more are shared at our Storify page.
We’ve seen more than 1700 downloads on WordPress.org in less than a week!
If you haven’t added it yet, head to WordPress.org to download for your self-hosted blog. Or, drag the WordPress.com widget from the Widgets page of your Appearance section. And keep sharing!
Have you ever wished that your about.me page was portable so you could magically recreate it on another website or mobile app? Would you love to create a beautiful directory of your favorite people or simply add depth to your existing profiles? Look no further! We have just the API for you.
Initially we developed the about.me API as a way to programmatically expose the about.me universe for our awesome iPhone application.
However, we soon realized that others could benefit from having access to about.me pages. As a result we officially released the API to the world back in June. The API is made up of a collection of URLs that allow anyone the ability to use the about.me framework and existing data sets to supplement their product.
What does this really mean? It means that with a minimal amount of programming it’s possible to access your about.me page, your friends’ pages, our featured directories, get recommendations for pages of interest to you, find people nearby, and much more.
The API turns about.me into a powerful free platform that provides developers a ready-made identity service. So instead of spending costly resources on developing their own identity service, companies can focus on the problem they are solving, and leave the rest to about.me.
With the about.me API the possibilities are endless, so remember:
