What is About.me?
About.me is a web hosting service that allows you to create a webpage about yourself. A typical ‘About.me’ page consists of a summary and points users to your content and social media links. It is ideal for interconnecting your different profiles and makes it easy for people to learn about you and view your content on the web.
Benefits of using About.me
- Fast and simple to set up
- Link to social networks and other sites to showcase work
- Good for freelancers to let people know who you are and what you do
- People on the site can find you in the directory and follow links to your site
- Email notifications when people view your page
About.me tools and features
- Web and iOS versions available
- Full page background photo
- Biography information
- Colour customisation
- A range of popular and funky fonts
- Icons with links to your social media profiles
- Tags – submit keywords that describe you, your skills/business etc
- Favorites – Browse other About.me profiles and save them to your favourites list
- Inbox – after signing up you will have an About.me email address (username@about.me)
- Compliments – users can browse other About.me pages and send compliments
- Add a spotlight – e.g. visit my store, hire me, support my charity, read my blog
Useful Links
About.me tutorial