The 4 Biggest Mistakes That Professionals Make When Writing For The Web

By Yamen Shahin

Everyone makes mistakes. Even seasoned professional writers make them when writing for the web. There are four that are very common even among professional writers who do this for a living. These four are both simple and complex at the same time. Sometimes it is the simplest things that can trip a writer up and cause them to have a bad day. Why don't we take a look at the top four biggest mistakes that professionals make when writing web copy, shall we?



The first mistake and one of the biggest is fact checking. Sometimes when you have a deadline, you will push to get the article out and forget about fact checking. This is a big no-no. Be aware that things have a way of being checked and it will come back to bite you. So even if you are in a rush, take the time to fact check and save yourself a heck of a lot of embarrassment in the process by fact checking. Fact checking also includes plagiarism checks that need to be done to the article in question. This is for your own safety and that of the web site in question.



The second one is oddly enough links checking. Dead links or misspelled links are a sure way to raise the temperature of the site and make them angry at you at the same time. Take the time to really check the spelling and web addresses of all links that are in any type of article or on web copy for a site. This really makes people's blood boil when they click a link and either it doesn't work or is misspelled. Working links provides working dollars... remember that.



Number three on the list is incorrect formatting for web copy for either article directories, or placement on web pages. This is one hell of a problem even with newbies and yes even pros can get it wrong a time or two. With web copy, especially with article directories, there is only one or at the maximum two different ways of formatting copy for web usage. These depend upon where the article is to go when it is made live. When in doubt about format, then ask and refresh yourself with proper formatting procedure for web copy.



And now drum roll please NUMBER FOUR. This is the worst offender of all of them. Spelling, grammatical errors and language errors are the worst of the offenders. This is a separate detail from the number one problem. Sometimes when you are using words in another language in an English speaking context, such as Spanish, the misspelling of the word can really throw off the copy and change the entire meaning of the word in question. When transferring words from another language, check and make certain that the word is spelled correctly. This angers a lot of people who speak the language to think that the writer didn't take the time to get the proper pronunciation of the word in question.



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