Writing
Learn more about writing. Copywriting, writing for blogs, books, magazine articles, keeping track of article ideas - anything that is related to the writing process.
The dilemma of comments
Allowing comments is a great way to get reader feedback, but because of frequent abuse managing comments takes a lot of time that could be spent on better things.
5 blogs that make me think
Five bloggers whose writings tend to make me think.
Comment posting guidelines
A few simple guidelines for improving the quality of comments you post on this and other blogs.
Making your headlines work for you and for your readers
Make your headlines work for you by bringing in new readers, and for your readers by helping them understand what your articles are about.
Which blogging style do you use?
There are several different styles of blogging that will generate traffic to a site.
Typography, semantics and document structure
A good introduction to semantics and document structure for anyone who hasn’t already started thinking structurally when marking up documents.
Measuring text readability
How to check and improve the readability of your texts.
A Rant (Mostly) About Web Content
Many people don’t realise that a website needs good content to work.
The writing process
A description of my workflow for researching and writing articles, followed by a discussion containing great tips from my readers.
How to properly format dates
Learn how to format dates so that everybody can understand them.
Writing effective link text
Six guidelines for writing better link text.
Articles on Search Engine Positioning
Twelve articles and a glossary on SEO.
Writing Resources
I’m always on the lookout for helpful online writing resources, and recently I’ve found a couple of good ones. Even…
Back from nowhere
I’m sort of back from a much needed break, but it will be another couple of weeks before I resume…
Things to read
I’ve come across some recent articles that are worth reading. A List Apart 162 contains three articles. In A Fairy,…
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Information, sponsorship, and externals
About the author
Roger Johansson is a Swedish web professional specialising in web standards, accessibility, and usability. More about me and this site.
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