Microsites with Curated Content
With the ease of creating smaller websites with tools like Carrd or Webflow, it has become much easier to create a microsite as the foundation on which you can build your curated content hub.
This week we’ll look at what you can do with just curating content instead of creating it.
Aggregating pieces in a way that helps people find something faster or learn something better is very valuable. And it is not something everyone can do. To create a hub of content that is curated well, you need to understand exactly what your audience needs.
With the ease of creating smaller websites with tools like Carrd or Webflow, it has become much easier to create a microsite as the foundation on which you can build your curated content hub.
Let’s look at a few examples to get you going!
3 examples of microsites with curated content
StartupBooks
Books that can help you to learn more about building your startup. It is a very simple and clear website, with value for a specific group of people, namely, startup founders. Made by Eric Lima
Vue.js Examples
An extremely thorough website filled with Vue.js examples. It is highly relevant and useful for people doing frontend development with the Vue framework. It receives a lot of traffic too. WorthOfWeb even values it >1$M!
Brain Pickings
13(!) years already has Maria Popova been curating content on Brain Pickings that aims to help find your meaning in life. She has >900k followers on Twitter and writes about the content she curates on high-standing publishing platforms.
Book recommendation
“Since Don’t Make Me Think was first published in 2000, hundreds of thousands of Web designers and developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug’s guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation and information design. Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.”
If you’re planning to build a microsite filled with (curated) content, this book is of immense help getting you started with great design. The title says it all. Don’t make your users think but make them FEEL what they need to do on your website.
A relevant quote
“Content is the reason search began in the first place.” — @ leeodden
If you think (Google) search is valuable, then it follows that having a relevant and great online place with curated content is also valuable. Most curation is still work that a person needs to do. Adding value by helping people find something, means you can also receive something in return for it.
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