{"id":4053,"date":"2021-09-21T11:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-09-21T11:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.adspyglass.com\/blog\/glossary-dead-end-page\/"},"modified":"2021-09-28T15:18:59","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T15:18:59","slug":"dead-end-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adspyglass.com\/blog\/dead-end-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Dead-End Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>A dead-end page is a page with no links to other web pages. Users can only go back to this kind of page.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Users usually feel lost on such pages and leave the website due to poor user experience. Therefore, dead-end pages should be better avoided.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Common Examples of Dead-End Pages&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<h3>Blog Posts<\/h3>\n<p><span>Blog posts may have no internal links or call to action if the author did not care much about further user experience. It is good to add CTAs (more like read more or leave your email and learn more. 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