5 Quick Article Body Tips
Here are 5 quick tips to help you write a better article body:
1. Refrain from using excessive keywords or keyphrase repetition as this provides for a poor user experience and your article does not read naturally.
2. Use correct spacing and formatting. Let your article word wrap naturally and place one vertical space between each paragraph break. A “Vertical Space” means to hit enter twice when at the end of a paragraph.
3. Write unique content. Do not spin your previously written articles into the same regurgitated content. You owe it to your readers to provide unique value in each one of your articles.
4. Make sure that your article body delivers on what is promised in the title. The most common mistake is when authors lead their readers away from the article to deliver what was promised in the title. This again provides poor user experience and is a huge trust violation.
5. Proofread your articles and look for spelling and grammar mistakes. If English is not your primary language, have your articles proofread by someone whose primary language is English prior to submission.
I’ll be sharing more ‘best practices’ in the coming weeks. :)
First, I’d like to make a huge complaint. This website is too good, and spoils people. You see, many people are getting used to poor service and quality at some of the other article submission sites. Then they just freak out when they come here and see the difference of how great EzineArticles is.
So, this would be a complaint, because people are not ready for such greatness!
Regarding #2 I have found quite often that the system seems to remove one of vertical paragraph gap, upon submission. And if you do not go back and check it, after you’ll not find the error, but will see it in the end submitted product.
I think this might be an issue with how people, like myself set up their “default format” on Microsoft Word 2007. When you delete the top paragraph above the article, the system here seems to want to take out the paragraph (enter-space) between the first and second paragraphs.
Well, that is my suspicion? Not sure if that is the real issue. And it doesn’t happen all the time, which is kind of interesting. If anyone sees a missed paragraph space in any of my articles, please be sure, it was not my fault, it is an issue with compatibility in the software, as far as I can see?
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