We recently did a post on whether bloggers can be considered real journalists – which had a fantastic response. Let’s put it this way, the advantage of being a blogger is that you can do it from any, as long as you have the internet! I was recently writing one of my blogs whilst on vacation. The wonder of technology hey! To continue in this 2.0 vein, we’ve got a few questions only you can answer.
We ourselves are writers, and we know that writing for the Internet different from writing for traditional media. When you’re online, you’re writing to grab people’s attention, get them to respond, or maybe even buy something. We try to keep these things in mind about Internet readers:
- The Internet is read in a new way.
People scan web pages for the information they want. Usually, they look for keywords, flip back and forth between pages, and only read around 16% of the words you’ve actually written. - The Internet is interactive.
You can update things, respond to your readers, or even delete text that has a bad response. This makes Internet writing more conversational than other types of media can be.
It’s not all sunshine and acoustic guitar ballads, however. We know what you DO like, now tell us what you DON’T like. You can react to webpages in a variety of ways – both positive and negative. Hence the question: What peeves you when you read a web page and makes you click off?
- The Team at Five-Star-Survey *****