Comments on: Stationery or Stationary? That is the question. http://www.stationersguild.org/news/member-news/stationery-or-stationary-that-is-the-question/ Trends in stationery, wedding invitations, social stationery, baby announcements and holiday cards Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:44:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: admin http://www.stationersguild.org/news/member-news/stationery-or-stationary-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-5 admin Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:19:14 +0000 http://www.stationersguild.org/news/?p=53#comment-5 All search engines basically work the same. Words do not have to be spelled properly. If you want to capture that segment of the search audience that can't spell properly or simply makes a typing mistake, then you should include variations of key words. Also, you may want to consider singular and plural variations such as "invitation" and "invitations". The importance of this sad state of affairs can't be dismissed lightly. In fact, even Crane felt obliged to list "stationary" as an alternative spelling in their meta tags on their home page. All search engines basically work the same. Words do not have to be spelled properly. If you want to capture that segment of the search audience that can’t spell properly or simply makes a typing mistake, then you should include variations of key words. Also, you may want to consider singular and plural variations such as “invitation” and “invitations”. The importance of this sad state of affairs can’t be dismissed lightly. In fact, even Crane felt obliged to list “stationary” as an alternative spelling in their meta tags on their home page.

]]> By: Kathy Dunne http://www.stationersguild.org/news/member-news/stationery-or-stationary-that-is-the-question/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Kathy Dunne Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:50:38 +0000 http://www.stationersguild.org/news/?p=53#comment-4 I too found it surprising that Google does not spell stationery correctly, and I tried to correct it only to find that I was sent back constantly to the mispelled stationary. I finally gave up and went with the flow. I hope the other search engines are more tuned in to the correct spelling of words. I wonder if the mispelling means that we should also mispell the word on our web site if we want to receive hits? What do other think? I too found it surprising that Google does not spell stationery correctly, and I tried to correct it only to find that I was sent back constantly to the mispelled stationary. I finally gave up and went with the flow.

I hope the other search engines are more tuned in to the correct spelling of words.

I wonder if the mispelling means that we should also mispell the word on our web site if we want to receive hits? What do other think?

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