Misspelling Words Can Sometimes be a Good Thing
Google knows I can’t spell. Thank goodness for spell check. My kids ask how to spell a word and I’m like take “Type it in an let spell check help you out”.
I will usually spell check each post before submitting to my blog. Other times I will edit and correct a post after I’ve published it. Although it doesn’t catch everything, spellcheck is wonderful. We’ve been taught since grade school to use proper grammar and spelling so we’ll appear professional instead of a grade school drop out.
I tried an experiment a few months back. I wrote a post with keyword text linking back to me and submitted it to a place that posts to several blogs, kind of like article marketing.
Right after I hit submit, I realized that I’d misspelled one keyword in one instance. Drat! I couldn’t go back and change it, a one time submission deal. Double drat! Or was it?
I was getting leads from a lead capture page I use for greeting card services. (If you haven’t tried it, feel free to contact me and I’ll let you test the system by sending out a free card). I still don’t know where these “gifts from google” come from, but a couple made reference to that blog article. Others, searching for what I was offering, would type in that one word and make the same spelling mistake and Google would sent them to me.
Moral: Yes, I do want my posts to look like they were written by a pro, but if an occasional misspelled word shows up, it isn’t the end of the world. Might even bring in additional traffic from the search engines.
Feb 13th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Heidi, I am so with you on this. Great blog. I like it and think it needs more attention, so tag — you’re it!
I’ve Been Tagged by a DIVA Too!
My sister Diva, Debbie Stevens http://freesiafever.blogspot.com/ tagged me with a “meme.” I have no idea! Look it up. That’s why God created Google! I thought that was Chinese for little sister. Hey, it fits!
I have to post six unimportant things about myself and then tag six other non-suspecting bloggers to participate. Sounds confusing, but fun.
Here are the rules:
1. Link back to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Share six unimportant things about yourself.
4. Tag six random people at the end of your blog entry.
5. Let the tagged people know by leaving a comment on their blogs.
Six Unimportant Things About Me:
1) I love all vegetables except hominy. Love grits, just not hominy. Patooey!
2) I like to feel the satin ribbons on the edge of blankets.
3) I got kicked out of ballet and put into gymnastics to save my life (I’m clumsy)
4) I can’t breathe when I hear bagpipes.
5) I’m in the Bowling Hall of Fame for making the big four split.
6) I love to tuck a sprig of rosemary behind my ear.
I’m pretty sure everything is spelled correctly! LOL Have fun, my sister!
Feb 15th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Hi Debra,
Good to learn more about you. I don’t like hominy nor grits. My youngest loves both. Chessy grits beats out Cocoa Pebbles any day.
I love the way Rosemary smells, have some growing out front. Taking a rain check on the meme. Tight schedule the next few days.