Footer Section
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As we have service oriented website, so what all links we need to add in our footer section?
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Jamie & Aaron nailed it. Some additional links to consider: sitemap, email (mailto:), address (hyperlink to location), CTA, phone number (tel:) and etc.
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I would always have at least the following:
- About Us
- Contact Us
- Terms and Conditions
- Privacy and Cookies
- Sitemap
- Google +
As stated above, it's not essential to have anything but it can be helpful to your customers
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I don't think you "need" to add anything there. There are no hard and fast rules. But having some sort of navigation there is a good idea.
Think about adding:
Home, About, Company info, contact, etc... those are the basics.
Also, if you want, consider adding in the main top level categories that are important. I think Zappos does a good job of this.
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