Editing Content
Quality, not quantity: delivering value from web contentAugust 22, 2005: Maintaining the quality of your content is critical to the long term success of your website. That involves establishing rigorous pre and post publication editorial processes. More
Quality publishing is about saying no
August 04, 2003: Are the people who have least to say in your organization publishing most on your intranet or public website? Are the people who have most to say publishing least? You're not alone. Organizations are slowly realizing that managing a website is as much about what you don't publish as what you do. More
Take full responsibility for your web content
June 16, 2003: You should only publish on your website the content that you can professionally manage. Managing content involves managing its entire life cycle. The life of a particular piece of content begins with its first draft. It ends when that content is removed from publication. Removing content is as important as publishing it. More
Are you in control of your website?
May 19, 2003: A surprising number of websites are not being properly managed. A particular area of concern is content quality. Many managers have not put professional publishing procedures in place. They do not know what is being published on their websites. This is an unacceptable situation. More
Get your facts correct
July 23, 2001: Fact checking is an essential content skill. It’s the last thing that should be done with content before it is published. Writing, revising and editing content can all introduce errors. Numbers, dates, quotes, website addresses, names of people and organizations, can end up incorrect. More
The internet drives plagiarism
July 09, 2001: Plagiarism – the act of stealing the thoughts or writings of others and passing them off as your own – is an increasing problem as a result of the Internet. Because it’s so easy to copy content from a website, a great many people believe that there must be nothing wrong with it. More
Editorial issues
October 16, 2000: Does your website have a style and tone? Does it have a publication schedule? How do you deal with content copyright and legal issues? What sort of privacy policy do you have? What policy do you have in place with regard to responding to your readers’ queries? More
