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The footer for a web page is a section located in the lower part of a page, which contains important information to users. They are usually uniform throughout the entirety of a website, providing a stable place to land at the end of the scroll. Imagine them as the Best Supporting Actor to your site. You might not notice them as the star however, you cannot operate your site without footers. They contain almost everything that users may be searching for, such as contacts and the links to pages of importance.

There is a chance that you don't think users scroll all the way to the end of a page to engage with the footer, but studies show otherwise, with Chartbeat and Nielsen Norman Group finding that those who scroll down a page spend more time at the lower part of the page than at the highest.

So, it's clear that footers are hardly footnotes, but how can you get the most value from yours? Here's what you need to learn.