Guestblog by: Amy
If you’re looking for a way to make your site a bit more popular, try reading it. I’ve noticed online that a lot of people don’t proof read their entries and they’re full of typos, spelling mistakes, grammar mistakes, and completely devoid of punctuation. No matter how good your design and content may be, if it can’t be read easily enough many people will simply give up.
While reading an interview on this site, I saw a lot of carelessness in the subject’s responses. Between not making full sentences, leaving out punctuation, and one word (or number) answers, I myself couldn’t finish reading it. And after reading it, I certainly wouldn’t go to his site. Why would you agree to an interview if you’re not going to put any effort into it?
Punctuation is the #1 reason I stop reading a blog. When you talk, do you keep talking? Or do you pause for a second, catch a breath? That, my dears, is where you enter a comma. Or a period, however the mood strikes you. And when you comma for a side note, make sure you comma again before getting back to the original idea. You don’t need to be perfect, I know I’m not, but the effort needs to be there.
Grammar is also important. I read on a website that people who have English as a second language often speak better because they’ve had to learn why. That’s not completely true, I remember middle school English class. We’ve all learned the same information about the language. It’s not that we’ve never had the chance, or that we don’t know it. It’s that it’s simply not habit. A bit more effort may just help you get the extra links you need.
Free Spell Checker: http://www.spellcheck.net/
Punctuation Tips: http://www.lrcom.com/tips/punctuation.htm
Grammar Tips: http://www.webgrammar.com/grammartips.html