External Web Content Resources

These websites and experts are well regarded in the world of web content.  Feel free to browse these external sites for more information about creating content for the web.

General Usability

• Usability.gov

Reading on the Web

• Jakob Nielsen
  How Users Read on the Web

Writing Web Copy

• Hemingway Editor
  Hemingway is a simple-to-use tool that helps streamline and simplify your writing.
• A List Apart
  ​Topic: Writing
• Nielsen Norman Group
  Writing for the Web Research Reports

• Plain Language Action and Information Network
  Plainlanguage.gov

Formatting Copy on the Web

• Screaming Frog
  Title Tag Best Practices
• The Onion (Satire)
  Nation Shudders at Large Block of Uninterrupted Text

Images on the Web

• Design Instruct
  Usability Mistakes to Avoid When Using Photos in Your Website
• Enviragallery
  15 Best Free Image Optimizers for Image Compression