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Nancy DuVergne Smith

 

Web Writers Resources

Content

Contentious, online magazine for content developers.
http://www.contentious.com

EContent Magazine, large-scale content management and aggregator news.
http://www.econtentmag.com/

PoynterOnline, online writing tips from the journalism institute.
http://www.poynter.org/default.asp

Quality Web Content, relevant articles about creating content.
http://www.webpagecontent.com/

"That Darn Content: Line Length is Critical to Legibility," 10-12 words per line is the max.
http://www.webreference.com/graphics/column51/2.html

Webby Awards, best sites judged by experts as well as web users.
http://www.webbyawards.com/

 

Web & Social Media Marketing

Clickz, articles and market research on who is doing what
http://www.clickz.com/

Chris Baggott's Email Marketing Best Practices Commentary
http://exacttarget.typepad.com/chrisbaggott/

Chris Brogan Community and Social Media Terrific insights into social media communication

Impressions Through Media Blog on online marketing
http://www.impressionsthroughmedia.com/

Marketing Sherpa, online marketing site with some free access articles.
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/articles.cfm

Pew Internet & American Life Project Data on online happenings and use.
http://www.pewinternet.org/

 

Usability

Use It Jacob Nielsen's authoritative take on usability issues. http://www.useit.com/ includes

Top Ten Good Deeds in Web Design.
http://www.useit.com/alertbox/991003.html

Jared Spool's User Interface Engineering – commentary on contemporary practice
http://www.uie.com/

MIT Usability Guidelines, a checklist on functionality, accessibility, and more.
http://web.mit.edu/ist/usability/usability-guidelines.html

Web Word, focuses on Internet usability and human factors.
www.webword.com

Web Pages That Suck Learn from bad web pages.
http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/

 

Reference

Berkman Center for the Internet and Society Harvard Law School thinktank
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/

Chicago Manual of Style Online Authoritative editing guide
http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html

MIT Virtual Resources, quick list of references, guides, etc.
http://libraries.mit.edu/services/virtualref.html

World Wide Web Consortium MIT-based group that establishes common protocols.
http://www.w3.org/

What Is? Definitions of web terms and references. http://whatis.techtarget.com/

Web Style Guide Authoritative guide created at Yale, in print and online.
http://www.webstyleguide.com/

 

Groups and Learning

National Writers Union, union of freelance and independent writers in all genres including web writers; news, resources, job bank, etc.
http://www.nwu.org/

nSight, an editorial services/placement/training company based in Burlington, MA, that offers my web writing and content management classes.
http://www.nsightworks.com/index.asp

 

 

 

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