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2004 May 8 • writingThe Importance of Editing Web Content
article: A few quick tips to get you started.
2004 May 1 • resources, writingOnline Survey Best Practices
resource: Learn how to get the most out of your online survey projects. Use this collection of best practice articles written and compiled by the WebSurveyor team as your guide to online surveys. Simply click on the link below to see the whole story.
2004 April 25 • writingImportance of the Document Title
article: The HTML document title should be at the core of your Webmastering arsenal. As Fernando explains, your document's title appears in everything from users' bookmarks lists to their task bars, so it pays to get your title right. Use Fernando's handy tips to create winning titles every time!
2004 April 17 • resources, writingEdit-Work.com Web Style Guide
website Established in the glory days before the dot-com bust, Edit-Work set some very useful standards. It deserves attention from anyone who's serious about creating good text for the Web. [credit: Writing for the Web]
2004 April 17 • writingWeb Writing Resources
website: Jonathan and Lisa Price, authors of Hot Text: Web Writing that Works, have a very good website. One of the best things about it is Resources -- Web Writing that Works, a long annotated list of sites relating to the subject. [credit: Writing for the Web]
2004 April 11 • ia, writingAre you publishing too much on your website?
article: Strip away from your website all non-core content. If it's not directly furthering your objectives, it shouldn't be there. If it's not driving specific, quantifiable actions, it shouldn't be there. It is costing you time and money. It is costing your readers their attention. [credit: Usability Views]
2004 April 3 • resources, tools, writingReadability.info
website: Analyzes the characteristics of your writing and outputs a variety of readability scores and statistics based on common readability formulas. The underlying tool is the GNU style utility. You can also see readability scores for popular Web sites to help get an idea of how they stack up.
2004 March 21 • business, writingHow to tell people what else you do on your website
article: People come to your website on a mission. They want to do something specific. They are tunnel readers. Telling them what else you do—without annoying them—is a major challenge. Doing it well is about relevance and context. It’s about presenting the right content at the right time.
2004 March 21 • writingAdapting Print to the Web
article: Surprisingly little has been written about transferring print materials to Web sites. Various people, including me, have complained about shovelware—print text dumped unchanged onto the site. But not much advice is available on how to modify such text to make it more readable and usable on the Web.
2004 March 8 • writingHow to make links work for your website
article: "Quality links from external websites will help get more of the right people to your website. Well written links within your website will ensure your readers can act in a way you want them to. Linking is about driving action.... [credit: InfoDesign]
2004 February 29 • resources, writingWeb Content Design
website: "What makes Web content effective? You'll find the answer here. Learn the basics of information design, Web writing style, and content maintenance." [credit: InfoDesign: Understanding by Design]
2004 February 29 • seo, writingMetadata: Seven Tips for Writing Better Keywords
article: The shift in how search engines treat keywords is significant. They tend to ignore the keyword meta tag and rather look for keywords in the actual page content. This means that you need to figure out your keywords before you write any content. [ credit: Digital Web Magazine]
2004 February 29 • business, writingHelping Your Visitors: a State of Mind
article: Looks at four reasons why you should stay focused on HELPING your site visitors before you start trying to sell your products, services or subscriptions.
2004 February 29 • writingQuality Web Content
links: A nice list of resources that will help you with writing your web content. [credit: asterisk*]
2004 February 29 • business, writingHow To Conduct An Online Survey
article: An online survey can provide a safe place for your customers to share their responses, opinions, and ideas. This article describes how to create and conduct online surveys to engage your customers in a dialogue. [credit: Weblog]
2004 February 21 • resources, writingElectronic Text: Writing Tips
resource: For online writers, created by Dennis Jerz at Seton Hill University, Electronic Text: Writing Tips puts a lot of good links on one page. Whether you're interested in Webwriting, email, or writing interactive fiction, you'll find something useful here. [credit: Writing for the Web]
2004 February 2 • usability, writingKeep Online Surveys Short
article: "To ensure high response rates and avoid misleading survey results, keep your surveys short and ensure that your questions are well written and easy to answer." (Jakob Nielsen - Alertbox)...
2004 January 27 • seo, writingSEO Writing Strategies for Graphic-Oriented Sites
article: What do you do if you're a photographer, if you sell products, or if you have another site that needs more pictures than copy? Here are some strategies that can help you reach a happy medium satisfying both your visitors and the Search Engines.
2003 December 5 • business, writingCrafting a Powerful Executive Summary
article: "If you think a proposal's executive summary is really a summary, you're missing the point. Here are six tips for turning your blah conclusions into an effective, well-substantiated pitch." [credit bBlog]
2003 November 23 • resources, writingOnline Writing Resource
resource: Links to various online resources that will help you with your writing: dictionaries, style guides, and other online references.