Discussion: Blog writing style

[anasporn]

I bold or italicize words/phrases that I want to catch the surfers' eyes. Most online surfers will "scan" instead of actually reading, and there are formatting tricks to catch their attention long enough to get them to slow down and actually read.

unordered lists
key phrases/short sentences bolded
occasional italics
keep paragraphs short (avoid the "wall of text" ... Walrus!)

There was an old article by Jakob Neilsen several years ago about it ... but that was saved to the computer before the one that died Friday ... tbh I am not completely sure it's still available online but it was a true gem about how people "read"/scan online info.

[BadWolf]

Originally Posted by anasporn

I bold or italicize words/phrases that I want to catch the surfers' eyes. Most online surfers will "scan" instead of actually reading, and there are formatting tricks to catch their attention long enough to get them to slow down and actually read.

unordered lists
key phrases/short sentences bolded
occasional italics
keep paragraphs short (avoid the "wall of text" ... Walrus!)

There was an old article by Jakob Neilsen several years ago about it ... but that was saved to the computer before the one that died Friday ... tbh I am not completely sure it's still available online but it was a true gem about how people "read"/scan online info.

Dunno if this is the one but:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html

[anasporn]

Originally Posted by BadWolf

Dunno if this is the one but:

http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html

That's the exact article! Good reading for those motivated to go through it.

[Useless]

Originally Posted by anasporn

Good reading for those motivated to go through it.

According to the first two lines of that article, I'm already guaranteed not to read it.

[LD]

Originally Posted by Useless Warrior

According to the first two lines of that article, I'm already guaranteed not to read it.

I didn't read any of the post in this thread...could someone draw some pictures...?

boobies are good...