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Writing Great Web Copy - Part 4

Monday, September 21st, 2009

WritingThis is the last in a series of posts about writing great copy for the Web. Here I will list a final handful of ideas to keep in mind as you write. As I said in the first post, you need not be intimidated by writing for the Web. The most important things are clarity and brevity. So, with that in mind:

Headings

  • Must be interesting, descriptive and brief (8 words or less)
  • Remember: users will read the heading and either stay or leave your site
  • An effective heading (with important keywords) generates better search results
  • Avoid adjectives, prepositions (a, and, the, of) (more…)