Best Ways of writing Quality Website Content

Introduction

Many people think that if they can write, they will also be able to do that on their website. However, text writing is quite different from web writing, which has its own laws. On your professional website you should assume that your online visitor scans content instead of reading it. It is therefore extremely important to optimize your content for the online user.

Speed

We must also take into account the speed of the online experience. People do not like scrolling, especially not long pieces of text. Another important factor is that the contents of your web text determines how high you score in Google and whether visitors do what you prefer them to do on your site. 

Do you want to know what is important for good content, score high in Google and how to apply this to your professional website? This article will help you on your way writing quality website content!

Online reading behavior

Eye tracking and heat map surveys show us how the online visitor scans your page. Most of the attention is for the upper part. On a (random) online page, your target group scans according to the familiar F-pattern (stands for Fast). Online users spend 80% of their time on a page looking for the information above the fold. This is the visible part if you open a page and do not scroll yet. There is therefore less attention for the bottom of the page.

We also know that users have more attention for content on the left, compared to the right. Your user is also more likely to scroll through when the first content he sees attracts attention or satisfies needs.

Put the most important information at the top

Come straight to the point and be short and to the point (long strips of text are killing). What your site visitor needs is structure. If you consider that a visitor only reads 20% of the words on a page, you need to focus attention on the right content. The challenge is to ensure that your reader quickly recognizes which information is important and relevant.

Are you wondering how to build a good text? Use the AIDA model as a red thread. Attention, Interest, Desire & Action are the steps that your candidate goes through to the conversion.

Structure of the text

Make every page easily scannable for the reader by: 

• using an informative header and intermediate headers;
• use paragraphs and structure; 
• apply lists with bullet points; 
• alignment links (header, subheadings and text); 
• one topic per paragraph;
• do not use to many words; 
• key concepts can be shown in bold.

Keep the AIDA model in mind.

Target group oriented

The question you need to ask yourself when writing a web text is: ‘What information is my site visitor looking for?’ On a professional website, for example, this could be information about the atmosphere of an organization, the employment conditions, the projects or people who work there. Try to constantly move in the target group of your site and only give the information relevant to them. The challenge is to connect to their experience and to respond to the information needs.

Always write content for an intended target group and live up to it. Always think from the reader.

The right (persuasive) information

With the right target group in mind, you will fulfill their information need. Offer an ‘About us’ section where you e.g. tell what kind of organization you are, what you do and possibly more of your products or services. Do not stray too much towards less relevant information such as the entire history of your organization. Give a concise summary briefly. It is also advisable to put a tagline on the homepage that summarizes what your company stands for.

Ask yourself the following questions:

• What is the purpose of the page?
• Do I want to sell? Provide information or inspire?
• For whom do you write the page?
• Is your target audience young or do you just write for an older audience? Always pay attention to your tone of voice. What do you hope the reader does afterward?
• Book a trip, click-through or is your goal that the customer comes back more often?

Scannable and findable

You do not write a text for anything. Visitors must be able to easily find your page and benefit from it. Did you know that 98% of internet users use search engines to find information? Just think about how often you google something ‘just’ every day. Nice and easy! And tell me honestly, do you look beyond the first page? Exactly, most of the time you do not And that is precisely why online findability is so important!

Scannable

Through the correct structure and layout, you make your web page scannable for the reader. But before anyone can start scanning, your page must first be found. By applying SEO to texts, you increase the findability for search machines like Google.

Google is crazy about well-structured texts and, like the site visitor, will scan the page. Important places that  the Google algorithm is checking are:

URL of the page
Title-tag / SEO-title (which you see in the ‘roof of your browser’)
Title and headings (H1, H2 etc.)
Current text (especially attention for the first 100 words and text in summaries)

The right keywords

It is important to get the right keywords back in these places: the words people look for. This gives Google the possibility to index your page well. Here you put the most important keywords at the forefront and help to make bold concepts.

What are the right keywords for your content? You can search for that by using the Keyword Planner from Google Adwords. You use the keywords with the most search volume for your text. Vacancies, place of employment, job title and company name are often important keywords for vacancies. For more variety in your texts, you can also use synonyms ( Google recognizes this). One of the best keyword tools in the business is Jaaxy, you can read my full review by clicking here.

Writing content actively

Now that you know the most important keywords, you can really get started. You only write good content when you stay within your own field and you can share knowledge. This is easy for you to write and yields texts that appeal to the visitor. And that’s why it’s easy to find. Tip; write in layman’s terms and do not use too much jargon. This way every visitor understands what the text is about and you will have less to do with dropouts.

This is how you write web texts like a pro

Below is a checklist to write step-by-step professional text for your website:

• Adjust the tone of the text to your target group: for example, use layman’s terms to make it user-friendly.
• Does the text contain a title? And do keywords appear here?  Try to put the keyword (s) in the heading.
• Provide headers above the paragraphs and include keywords here.
• The first paragraph or introduction is a summary of the entire text. The other paragraphs are used to explain a topic or aspect.  Make sure that each paragraph contains at least one keyword. Create a paragraph no longer than a maximum of 5 lines.
• Read the text again. Does it read easily? And is it clear which message is mentioned?
• Update the text regularly. This ensures that the website is active and becomes and remains interesting for visitors.

Final thoughts

Quality website content is the key to your success in the internet business. Write as much relevant, engaging and informative content as you possibly can. It will greatly help when you, in choosing your niche, take it from one of your passions, interest or hobbies. Click here on how to find the right niche!

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