Comments on: BTW Your BFF Is ROTFL @ Your SERPs http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/btw-your-bff-is-rotfl-your-serps/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:32:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Barbara Swafford http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/btw-your-bff-is-rotfl-your-serps/#comment-95755 Barbara Swafford Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:55:51 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/?p=1557#comment-95755 Hi Bingo, Like you, I find using abbreviations in blogs can confuse our readers even though they are commonplace in texting or instant chat. I don't like to assume others know what I'm trying to say. Hi Bingo,

Like you, I find using abbreviations in blogs can confuse our readers even though they are commonplace in texting or instant chat. I don’t like to assume others know what I’m trying to say.

]]> By: Bingo http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/btw-your-bff-is-rotfl-your-serps/#comment-95668 Bingo Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:28:21 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/?p=1557#comment-95668 I use them sometimes but mostly avoid them in-copy: I feel that they're more for instant chat or texting. In our niche, however, they are very common. .-= Check out Bingo´s awesome post: <a href="http://www.cutebingo.co.uk/cheeky-bingo/cheeky-bingo-offer-10-cashback/">Cheeky Bingo offer 10% cashback</a> =-. I use them sometimes but mostly avoid them in-copy: I feel that they’re more for instant chat or texting. In our niche, however, they are very common.
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]]> By: Mac Jones http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/btw-your-bff-is-rotfl-your-serps/#comment-31307 Mac Jones Wed, 31 Dec 2008 00:08:01 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/?p=1557#comment-31307 Shirley, I like the idea of having a 'tool tip' for an acronym which tells you what it stands for - I've spent many hours staring at a series of letters trying to figure out what they mean! Shirley,

I like the idea of having a ‘tool tip’ for an acronym which tells you what it stands for – I’ve spent many hours staring at a series of letters trying to figure out what they mean!

]]> By: Shirley http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/btw-your-bff-is-rotfl-your-serps/#comment-31220 Shirley Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:03:25 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/?p=1557#comment-31220 Yep, I am one of those people who use acronyms, all the time. Fortunately, I do have an acronym feature on my blog. So if users hover over an acronym, they'll get a tooltip with what it stands for. But yes, I am trying to use the full words because acronyms alienate a good portion of your audience. Great tips. :-) Btw, now that you have a complete acronym dictionary, whenever people have any problems understanding, you can point them to this post. LAUGH OUT LOUD... (I so much prefer to use lol.) Yep, I am one of those people who use acronyms, all the time. Fortunately, I do have an acronym feature on my blog. So if users hover over an acronym, they’ll get a tooltip with what it stands for.

But yes, I am trying to use the full words because acronyms alienate a good portion of your audience.

Great tips. :-)

Btw, now that you have a complete acronym dictionary, whenever people have any problems understanding, you can point them to this post. LAUGH OUT LOUD… (I so much prefer to use lol.)

]]> By: Lindsay http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/btw-your-bff-is-rotfl-your-serps/#comment-31160 Lindsay Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:31:30 +0000 http://bloggingwithoutablog.com/?p=1557#comment-31160 I REALLY hate text chat! Some people have gotten to the point that even a decently experienced texter can't read them. My sister's ex boyfriend used to text me occasionally. It would read as follows yo ur sis n m r gng to se a movie. wnna cum? Translation: Hey, Your sister and me are going to see a movie, Want to come? Yea, the ONLY word he actually typed out was movie. He was able to type out MOVIE, but not the word ME! When i first entered the FORUM world, i was REALLY confused. IMHO was one i didnt understand, and the most RECENT ones that STILL confuse me are DH WHAT does DH mean>? honestly, i hardly EVER type in "text chat" and if i do, i usually is the BASICS. Like OMG, or UR..But then again, I have an iphone and a full keypad. The whole text chat on a full sized keyboard seems silly. Also, i'm not sure if people already commented about this, but it is severely effecting students now. Teachers are reporting that when they correct papers, they consistently have to remind the writer to capitalize the "I" and the use of commas, something that we learned in elementary school. <abbr><em>Lindsay´s last blog post..<a href="http://www.bscphoto.com/blog/?p=53" rel="nofollow">Glam Shoot with my wife</a></em></abbr> I REALLY hate text chat! Some people have gotten to the point that even a decently experienced texter can’t read them. My sister’s ex boyfriend used to text me occasionally. It would read as follows

yo ur sis n m r gng to se a movie. wnna cum?

Translation:
Hey, Your sister and me are going to see a movie, Want to come?

Yea, the ONLY word he actually typed out was movie. He was able to type out MOVIE, but not the word ME!

When i first entered the FORUM world, i was REALLY confused. IMHO was one i didnt understand, and the most RECENT ones that STILL confuse me are DH

WHAT does DH mean>?

honestly, i hardly EVER type in “text chat” and if i do, i usually is the BASICS. Like OMG, or UR..But then again, I have an iphone and a full keypad. The whole text chat on a full sized keyboard seems silly.

Also, i’m not sure if people already commented about this, but it is severely effecting students now. Teachers are reporting that when they correct papers, they consistently have to remind the writer to capitalize the “I” and the use of commas, something that we learned in elementary school.

Lindsay´s last blog post..Glam Shoot with my wife

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