National Punctuation Day: How Will You Celebrate?

Alert your favorite proofreaders, writers, editors and other grammar geeks: today is their day. National Punctuation Day has returned for its (not “it’s”) fifth year.

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Does Your Content Solve Problems?

Online content continually lets us down, but organizations can appeal to users by solving problems instead of delivering sales messages. 

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Web Content and SEO: Where to Begin – and What to Do Next

For an organization looking to boost its search engine rankings, small content upgrades often generate significant improvements – and deeper analysis can make an even bigger impact.

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Harsh Reality: Online Content is Rarely Read

A recent Alertbox column from Jakob Nielsen provides new insights into online reading behaviors. A couple of the findings aren’t encouraging for writers.

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Teens: Electronic Messages Aren’t Considered Writing

When using a mobile device, e-mail, instant messaging and other electronic means, we all tend to write with abbreviations and grammar that would make our high school English teachers cringe.

But are those activities truly considered writing? Our teenagers don’t think so, according to the latest study from the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

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