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Tips for writing website articles

by Brian Cody

Created on: October 29, 2009

The purpose behind this article is to provide you the reader with good ideas about; "How to improve the quality of your on line writing capabilities." This article will cover several good ideas that will benefit you the writer and your readers as well.

When you write on line articles on the web, you need to focus upon this question, "How will your article on line benefit your readers?" Your typical website reader utilizes the following credo; "What's in it for me?"

So you're on line articles need to be accurate, concise, and to the point. Today's website reader are looking to self educate themselves in a time sensitive manner. They want to get the information that they need in order to make an informed decision for themselves.

The next question becomes, "What are the keys to successful on line article writing?" You want to consider the following ideas;

1) Prior to writing your article you need to research not only the topic of your article but also the audience.

2) You need to know your audiences needs and wants as well as the main issues and problems

3) Research the solution to your audience issues and problems

4) Then you can write an accurate, concise, helpful and informative article addressing your readers issues and problems

5) Keep your introductory paragraph to two or three sentences. Introduce your article thesis idea. Utilize keyword research and put keywords into your introductory paragraph

6) Write supporting paragraphs filled with key facts and tips that will support your article thesis.

7) Write a concluding paragraph that will summarize your article thesis

8) Keep your paragraphs between two to four sentences

9) Keep your on line article to be from 400 to 800 words per article

10) Don't Plagiarize other on line authors or offline authors content

One factor that you want to keep in mind is the term "keyword density". You should keep as a goal the key word density factor, from 1% to 3%. Keep the number of keywords within your article to between 4 to 12 keywords within that article for a 400 word article.

When you are writing your articles keep in mind that your articles are not about your satisfaction. Your articles should always focus upon providing a solution for your readers. Keep in mind your readers credo "What's in it for me?"

Your goal as an author is to be the accurate trusted authority source that will keep your readers returning to your articles. You want to show your readers how your articles will be applicable to the reader's

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