# Components Footer > When the user wants to design, optimize, or audit website footers. Also use when the user mentions "footer," "page footer," "site footer," "footer links," "footer navigation," or "footer SEO." - Skill: `tools-only/components-footer` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files) - Install (CLI): `npx skillmds add tools-only/components-footer` - Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/tools-only/components-footer/raw - Safety review: pending - Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex - Category: Marketing & Growth - Author: tools-only (https://skillmd.com/u/tools-only) - Updated: 2026-09-09 - Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tools-only/components-footer --- # Components: Footer Guides footer design for SEO, UX, and conversion. Footers provide secondary navigation, support crawlability, and engage users below the fold (66% of engagement happens there). **When invoking**: On **first use**, if helpful, open with 1-2 sentences on what this skill covers and why it matters, then provide the main output. On **subsequent use** or when the user asks to skip, go directly to the main output. ## Initial Assessment **Check for product marketing context first:** If `.claude/product-marketing-context.md` or `.cursor/product-marketing-context.md` exists, read it for key pages and audience. Identify: 1. **Site type**: Marketing, e-commerce, SaaS, blog 2. **Footer goals**: Navigation, lead capture, trust, legal 3. **Platform**: Web, mobile, both ## Essential Footer Elements ### Navigation & Links - Links to high-priority pages: About, Contact, Services, FAQs - Related blog posts and internal content links - XML or HTML sitemap links - Product/service category links (e-commerce) - **Avoid excessive links**: Google warns that too many internal links can harm SEO; link only to high-priority pages ### Business Information - Physical address, phone, email - Social media profile links (Follow us) -> distinct from **components-social-share** (share this page) - Copyright and legal information (Privacy Policy, Terms of Service) ### User Engagement - Newsletter signup forms - Call-to-action buttons - Customer testimonials or support resources ## SEO Best Practices | Practice | Purpose | |----------|---------| | **Strategic linking** | Link to important pages; avoid link bloat | | **Descriptive anchor text** | Target keywords; avoid "Click here" | | **Text links** | Prefer text over images for crawlers | | **No dead ends** | Ensure pages link to other content | | **Semantic HTML** | `