About a year ago, I took part in an Internet Marketing Conference Writing for Web Panel. Now a 40-minute video of the panel is online. I turn up about 28 minutes into the video, but I thought everyone had something useful to say.
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May 29, 2009
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Webwriting Resources
- 100 Fun & Useful Search Engines for Writers
- A List Apart
- A List Apart: 10 Tips on Writing the Living Web
- Angela Booth's Writing Blog
- Anne Wayman—The Golden Pencil: The Freelance Writer’s Resource
- BBC Styleguide Articles
- Blog Flux (Directory)
- BlogWrite for CEOs
- Books, Jobs and other Resources for Copywriters
Nick Usborne's Excess Voice site is a treasure trove. - Business Writing Today
- BuzzMachine
- BuzzWhack: The Buzzword Compliant Dictionary
Essential reading. - Citizendium
- Contentious
Amy Gharan's must-read blog. - Copyblogger
- cybersoc.com
- Developing Information Content for the World Wide Web
Excellent article. - Ecrire pour le web
- Edit-Work
Not an active site, but content is worth a visit. - Editors Weblog
- Editors' Association of Canada - Design, typography and electronic publishing
- Effective Web Writing
An article I published in 2001. - Electronic Frontier Foundation | Defending Freedom in the Digital World
- Electronic Text: Writing Tips
Great resource from Dennis Jerz at Seton Hill University. - Excess Voice
- Finding Information on the Internet
Useful guide from University of California at Berkeley. - First Monday
- flyte: what works online
- George Orwell Diaries
- Google Directory - Arts > Writers Resources > Style Guides
- Gunning Fog Index
- Human Factors Newsletter
Useful advice on writing for the computer screen. - if:book/Institute for the Future of the Book
- Introduction to Online Journalism
- Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox
Our first Webwriting guru, still pushing into new territory. - Lee Hopkins
- LOHAD - random rumblings on marketing and more
- Netcraft
- Nielsen Norman Group: usability consulting, training & user research reports
- Official Google Blog
- Online Journalism 2: Features and Personal Web Sites
- Online Journalism Blog
- Online Journalism Review
- Online Writing List
If a grief shared is halved, and a joy shared is doubled, this is the place for Webwriters to share! - Online Writing Opportunities
- ONLINE! Citation Styles
- Pew Internet & American Life Project
- Poynter Online - EyeTrack '07
- Poynter Online - Web Tips
- Poynter Online - Writing Tools
- Quality Web Content
Great stuff from New Zealand! - Quillpad - Typing in Hindi has never been easier
- Readability.info
- ReadWriteWeb
- Rédaction (Français)
- Référencement, Design et Cie
- Saila.com
A site with good advice on Website creation, news about online news, and other matters of concern to Web writers. - SEO copywriting: Learn writing for search engines best practices.
- Social Media
- The Cluetrain Manifesto
An excellent polemic on good and bad online communication. - We We Calculator
Good way to remember the "you" attitude in online writing! - Web Design Ideas Inspirational and Informational Blog
- Web Standards New Zealand: Passionate about excellence on the web
- WebsiteTips.com
- WebWord
Good site, frequently updated. - Webwriting guidelines
- Wikinomics
- Wikipedia
- WOW Technology Minute
- Writers Remember
- Writing for the web
Very good Australian "mini-course." - Writing for the Web: Comparing Pages & Screens
- Writing Great Ezines & Blogs from Patsi Krakoff
- Writing Matters
Web Writers and Editors
- Amrit Hallan
- Andrew Keen
- Ann Handley: Marketing Profs Daily Fix Blog
- Better Communication Results (Australia)
- C. Max Magee
- Catherine Dold
- Christine Rowlands, Writer and Editor
- CKPcreative (Craig Peters)
- Content Management Professionals
- Contentious - Amy Gahran
- corona labs communications
- Derek K. Miller
- Donna Papacosta
- El Blog de Manfatta (español)
- Elizabeth Varley: Online Content UK
- Faun deHenry: Learning ERP Systems
- Freelance Writing Jobs
- Guy Kawasaki
- J-Source.ca
- Jerz's Literacy Weblog
- Jill E. Vaile
- Joel Ronez: L'écrit Web
- Julia Temlyn: Writing, Editing, & Proofreading
- Karl Swedberg
- Kim Pearson
- Kivi Leroux Miller
- Lloyd Lemons
- Malcolm Davison
- Marketing Your Business - Writing for the Web
- Merry Bruns
- Meryl Evans
- Michael McCann
- Mick Doherty
- Miraz Jordan
- Muriel Vandermeulen, écrire pour le web
- My Name is Kate
- Niki Taylor, Freelance Writer
- paolasales.com
- Patsi Krakoff: Writing Great Ezines & Blogs
- Paul Lima
- Rédaction Web, référencement et architecture de l’information | Richard Désormeau, rédacteur (Montréal)
- Scott Rosenberg’s Wordyard
- Simon Young Writers
- Steve Outing
- Sébastien Bailly
- tech ronin
- Todd Wong: GungHaggisFatChoy
- Web Content Writer Tips from JCM Enterprises
- Yvette Nielsen: Writing for the web courses, coaching and tips
Online Magazines
- Atlantic Online
- Brazzil Magazine
- BYTE.com
- Common Dreams
- Crooks and Liars
- Digital Web Magazine
- Dooney's Cafe
- Dragon Fire
- eXile
- Google Directory - Arts > Online Writing > E-zines
- Google Directory - Arts > Online Writing > E-zines > Directories
- Hyphen | Asian America Unabridged
- January Magazine
- London Review of Books
- New West
- New York Review of Books
- Online Magazines in Categories from the World at Large
- rabble.ca
- RADAR: Pop, Politics, Scandal, Style
- Raw Foods News Magazine
- Ricepaper | The Magazine about Creative Asian Canadians
- Salon
- Slashdot
- Slate
- Straight Goods
- The Black Commentator
- The Dominion: Canada's Grassroots Newspaper
- The Huffington Post
- The Raw Story
- The Tyee
- Tolerance.ca
- Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
My Blogs
- Ask the English Teacher
Questions and answers about English usage. - Bridging the Income Gap
Why inequality is hazardous to your health. - Climate Wars
- H5N1
News and resources about avian flu - Jou Tou and Silk Road Music
About a couple of remarkable Vancouver world-music groups. - Neat Stuff
Serendipitous discoveries around the Web. - On Education
Schools for a civil society. - Pioneers
Blogging the Black pioneers of British Columbia - Sointula
"Place of Harmony"—a remarkable community on BC's central coast. - The View from Seymour
Parochial politics in a Vancouver suburb. - Write a Novel
An online guide for fiction writers. - Write Your Nonfiction Book
And use online resources to research, write, and publish it. - Writing Fiction
Advice and suggestions on how to write and sell short stories and fiction. - Writing for the Web
About the surprising new genres emerging on the Web.
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