Comments on: 11 words to ban from your website

By: Diana Malerba

Diana Malerba — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 10:10:19 +0000

Great article!

And which words do you ban for a mobile website?
Have you got any rules about it?

I have found just this article about it: http://mobithinking.com/blog/copywriting-mobile-sites

By: Noirfatom

Noirfatom — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 11:21:04 +0000

We should et rid of “Now”, like in Download Now.

and “press”, skip intro, wait, downloading, play, pause, stop, next, previous, oldest entries, next entries, filter by, …

By: birdman

birdman — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:29:38 +0000

Personally, I think the word Solutions should cruise on up the charts straight into the Number 1 spot. It’s the most pointless, meaningless and annoyingly overused word. When I see it in copy it makes me want to dangle the culprit by the ankles from the top of a tall building until they promise never to do it again.

By: Stickyblog » What word would you ban from the web?

Stickyblog » What word would you ban from the web? — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:50:46 +0000

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By: Derryck Strachan

Derryck Strachan — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 21:55:46 +0000

Can we also add in “passionate” and “cost effective”

By: L’Alambic du vendredi 10 juillet 2009 — Michael Carpentier.com

L’Alambic du vendredi 10 juillet 2009 — Michael Carpentier.com — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:55:05 +0000

[...] 11 words to ban from your website: En français, on pourrait presque traduire cette liste mot pour mot. “Bienvenue sur ce site”, “Cliquez ici”, “Solutions” au lieu de produit ou services, et tout le langage rempli de clichés et de buzzwords n’ont pas leur place sur le Web. [...]