How to write articles for the Internet

1. Put the findings at first.
2. Write a headline to describe the article in less than 5 words.
3. Write a brief summary.
4. If the article is too long it creates blocks. These blocks will be on different pages.
5. Include information about who wrote the article, and who are the sources.
6. It's good to include links within the article that mention the webpage of the sources.

1. Put the findings at first.
You know. This is not the first time we say this, but it's always good to repeat it. Begin with the conclusions. So that people do not have to get to the end to understand the article.

Synthesize what you want to express in short sentences. We recommend using an active style and somewhat imperative.

- View information on the closure of the market. (Recommended)

- If you want more details on the closure of the market, click here (not recommended)


2. Write a headline to describe the item in less than 5 words.
Think about the title as the link so that someone would enter a webpage (this will happen if your site goes into a search engine). More than 5 words can be tiring to read. Resume information you are writing.

3. Write a brief summary.
A summary to help people understand what they are going to read. Sometimes things are not what they seem. A summary will help dispel the doubts that may remain after clicked on the link.

4. If the article is too long creates blocks.
Read on screen is very hard, so there are constant blocks. Use numbered lists, bullets, headlines, whatever, but tries not to write very long paragraphs that costs a lot to read.

If you see that the article is extremely long, try doing one of two things.

- To recommend to people that they will need to print the article and provide a copy for that purpose. In these copies to print is recommended that you remove everything but the text (ie banners, botonera, etc..), Leave the white background and black text and try to leave the logo of the web as small as you can and ready to print in black and white.

- Split it into pieces for easy reading. I have done some tests on what is very long. This perception varies with the screen resolution, usually more than 2 screens is already a long scroll, so if you see that you are extending the article, create two pages.

- I use Word to measure the screens that will be occupied by the text. And I roughly calculate how many pages can be printed and where the cuts will be, but is not very precise. The only remedy I know to keep it in a secured format is to create and print PDF documents.

5. Include information about who wrote the article, and who are the sources.
It's good to include the creation date, when it was last modified, who has written it, it is recommended to include a photo, the mail and if appropriate, the valuation of the item. If the author puts his mail it means that doesn´t mind to respond to comments and questions. It is good to respond to email within a reasonable time (within the same week), if you are not going to do, it's better not to include the mail.

If the article has several comments, it's good to put them at the end of the article including all the links that you feel appropriate. 3 or 4 comments are ok, but more than 10 people can create confusion and laziness.

6. It's good to include links within the article to mention the webpages of the sources that you´ve used to write the article
The links that will help people read the article and help to give credibility to the information you wrote. It is good that you give a link to everything that refers to a company, person, article that exists on the Internet. It is good that the link points to the page of interest (avoid the links to the home page).

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