If you navigate through the blogosphere you will realize that the vast majority of the blogs lack a footer. Even when they have one you will just find a copyright message there.
Most corporate or mainstream websites, on the other hand, do have a footer where you can find vital links for the site. As a result people are used to scrolling down to the footer whenever they have problems finding a particular information.
A functional footer for a blog should have at least two links:
- a link to the homepage
- a link to the RSS feed
You can also consider adding the following:
- an email subscription box
- a link to the Archives
- a link to the “About” page
- a link to the “Contact” page
- the recent posts
- the popular posts
