Relevant Overviews
Overview: Writing content
Relevant resources
boagworld.com
Probably my biggest frustrations ... is the utter contempt they seem to hold content in. ... they won’t hire a professional copywriter to work on the content ... never teach content creators how to create appropriate web content.
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ux,
web design,
content,
web writing,
content creation,
web architecture,
user experience,
content management,
copywriting
wikis.ec.europa.eu
The Europa Web Guide is the official rulebook for the European Commission's web presence, covering editorial, legal, technical, visual and contractual aspects. All European Commission web sites must observe the rules and guidelines it contains. Web practitioners are invited to observe its contents and keep abreast of updates.
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design,
privacy,
web writing,
content creation,
web architecture,
writing for web,
accessibility,
style guide,
data protection
timo-m-lange.myhub.ai
Quick accessibility checklist (by European Commission)
timo-m-lange.myhub.ai
Writing tips from "Writing for the European Commission web presence"
gerrymcgovern.com
Gerry McGovern on skills needed for digital communication people. For example: - choose the right word to drive action; - make it easy finding content allowing users to complete a task quickly; - design for maintenance and evolution; - love metadata, be an information architect. I wished I had all of those.
timo-m-lange.myhub.ai
People do not read online: "fundamental scanning behaviors remain constant, even as designs change."
www.wyliecomm.com
"The Huffington Post is the third most popular online news site, after only Yahoo! News and Google News. They must be doing something right!"
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web writing,
content creation,
clear writing,
readability,
sentence length,
writing for web,
reading score
www.nngroup.com
"Plain Language For Everyone, Even Experts" (video)
www.nngroup.com
Chunking is a concept where text and multimedia content is broken up into smaller chunks to help users process, understand, and remember it better.
gerrymcgovern.com
Cheap storage. Cheap processing power. Cheap energy. It’s all great. We don’t have to think. We just dump our content onto the website and let search engines figure it out.
medium.com
4 Steps to communicate anything clearly, according to a scientist who teaches quantum physics to kids
www.wyliecomm.com
Choose ‘fluent’ words - short, simple, easy-to-pronounce terms
www.wyliecomm.com
Online writing - use more lists, use them bullets, use this template. "People love listicles. Lists get attention, reach skimmers and scanners, get remembered and shared."