Website user behaviour

Website users don't read screens the same way as printed matter. Screen reading is hard work and most website visitors are time poor or destinational. The result? Users scan your website page for keywords and read pockets of web copy.

The website copywriter approach

Web copywriters utilise short form text when writing website content. What does that mean? Firstly 'stop' words are used sparingly. Secondly short sentences work best.

Stop words are essentially language fillers. Words like 'for, at, to' add to spoken and written language. But they don't work well in web copy. Search engines disregard these words for page ranking.

Effective web copy is written with short sentences. Web copywriters break down text to one idea and limit the word count each sentence.

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