Category Archives: Web Writing

Expressions of Distaste (Part 2)

The next one is one you see all over the place, and hear most times you turn on the radio or television. “New innovation”. “Innovation” means “something new”, so why should an innovation be anything other than new? Does there … Continue reading

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Expressions of Distaste (Part 1)

Don’t some expressions annoy you? I regularly come across expressions that debase the English language and cause me to wince. Expressions like “no-brainer”, designed to make the reader believe he doesn’t even need a brain in order to decide to … Continue reading

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The Dating Niche – First Few Articles

I’m having some fun lately by having gone into the dating niche and written a set of articles for it. You can check out the kind of material I am producing for it by clicking on the following links. The … Continue reading

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Article Spinners – More Classic Gobbledygook

I recently made the point that article spinners are a danger to the English language, and I stand by that. I thought I would set out a few of the classic examples of article spinner gobbledygook that I have come … Continue reading

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Article Spinners – A Danger To The English Language

Have you ever been taken for a ride by an article spinner? It’s not pleasant, is it? This article is a plea to avoid these awful devices and defend the English language. Article spinners are, I feel, one of the … Continue reading

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Real Writing or Virtual Writing?

Following on from my previous entry, I’m still on the subject of quality content, and the lack of it on so many web sites and blogs. You may have come across it yourself. You click through to a site where … Continue reading

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Writing For The Internet – The Need For Quality Writing

Two things have struck me in recent days while I’ve been researching on the internet. First, the number of different blogs that have on them exactly the same article. And, regrettably, few if any of them have carried the author’s … Continue reading

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Spreading The Word

What is is that we all want to achieve with our web sites or blogs? There are a number of things, mostly, but what is the one thing above all others that we want from our online presence? It must … Continue reading

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Getting Your Message Across

What do you as an online business owner want from your web site? The ultimate objective is increased sales. Nearly everyone would agree with that. And with increased sales comes increased profits and an enlargement of your customer base. Web … Continue reading

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The Freedom To Express

Talking about producing work that we can be proud of and that enhances the experience of everyone else who comes across it led me to thinking about the creative urge in general and freedom of expression in particular. Here in … Continue reading

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The Creative Urge

To a writer there’s nothing more satisfying than seeing your work published (other, perhaps, than getting paid for it). Before the internet this always meant waiting at least several days, and sometimes, if you’ve written a book, it can be … Continue reading

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Spoilt for Choice

One of the best things about writing for the internet is that there are so many different avenues to go down. You can specialise in article writing, blogging for other people, writing content for web sites, copywriting, writing short ads … Continue reading

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Ghastly Jobs

Whenever I feel jaded about writing yet another article or blog post I only have to think about how other people have to make a living to realise how lucky I am. And if you include people from past ages … Continue reading

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You and Your 1 to 100 Million Readers

One of the first things I learned when I was learning to speak in public was to always address the person at the far end of the hall. If he can hear you clearly then so should everyone else. There’s … Continue reading

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Persuasive Communication

What is the objective of every home page on a commercial web site? It must be two-fold. First, to communicate with the prospective customer in a manner that the customer understands and appreciates. Secondly, to use that communication to persuade … Continue reading

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Save Our Language

Following on from the previous post (“A Revolution in Writing“), the question was, “Is the pressure exerted by market forces (to constrict web content to pursuing the particular objective for which it was put online) good for the English language?” … Continue reading

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A Revolution in Writing

In just 15 years, since the internet first appeared, the way people write has undergone a revolution. I’m not just referring to text-speak, where people send each other text messages on their mobile phones where the words are shortened and … Continue reading

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