Sunday, April 6, 2008

Screen vs Paper

I think the most important thing to remember when writing for a website is brevity. You have to consider who you are writing for and that they are probably looking on the web for quick information. You need to get to the point with in a small paragraph. It's also important to have well explained links that visitors can navigate easily and quickly.
If you are writing for somehting going into print, you can be a little more liberal with the length. You can get in to more background before making your main points. People who pick up a publication are most likely in it for the long run, but just to make sure it is often good to have an abstract that those doing research can scan to get a good idea if they should stay tuned or not.
When you are uploading a published document on to a website, that abstract becomes even more important. It will also help if subtitles are created if they are not already there. Again anything that makes a long document easier to navigate on a website is better.

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