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Inverted pyramid

Posted in Writing for the Web on 20th March, 2009 | No Comments »

People often write Web sites like they would a school science report, starting with an introduction and leaving the conclusion until the very end. Web pages should actually be more like a newspaper article, giving a brief summary of the whole story including the conclusion first and then add more details.

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Bulleted lists and numbered steps

Posted in Writing for the Web on 2nd March, 2009 | No Comments »

Giving people lists of things or numbered steps help break information into bite size chunks that can be easily digested. It also helps to break up large walls of text and provide white space.

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Conversational style

Posted in Writing for the Web on 13th February, 2009 | No Comments »

Writing on the Web should be more like a telephone conversation than a report.

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Concise text and short paragraphs

Posted in Writing for the Web on 29th January, 2009 | No Comments »

When writing Web site content you should usually use around half the number of words you would normally use.

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Meaningful titles and headings

Posted in SEO (Search engine optimisation), Writing for the Web on 16th January, 2009 | No Comments »

Don’t use clever titles and headings, instead make titles and headings obvious sign posts to the content.

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