This might come as a shock, but there are a lot of sites out there that go live with glaring spelling errors, annoying capitalization mistakes, and embarrassing grammatical blunders.
Avoid Spelling Mistakes
- Run your content through a word processing program and use spell check before ever putting it up live on the Web. Bad spelling makes your site look unprofessional and unpolished.
- Scan your copy for errors, leave it, and scan it again. You'll catch more mistakes if you take a break every so often. In addition, have someone else read your copy for you. They might be able to catch errors and make suggestions you wouldn't come up with.
- Check your grammar by using a word processing program as well. Microsoft Word allows you to do this by clicking on Tools, then Spelling and Grammar.
A poorly edited site can have the best content in the world, but if it's not proofread for errors, it will make you look both unprofessional and a bit thick.
