pmhoran
New member
I may have posted something on this before ... but it warrants mentioning again.
I REALLY wish companies would spend a wee bit more time making sure their sites ... especially business sites ... had all their words spelled properly on their pages ... and that they are actually using the proper words.
I am not an "English Major" ... in fact I did rather poorly in English in school ... but even on my personal websites I endeavour (endeavor for the Americans) to at least make sure I spell things right.
Nothing will make me move on to another site faster than ... going to a site selling something only to see a number of spelling errors or the wrong use of a word. In my mind, how can I trust the product or service they are marketing (how reliable can it be???) when they cannot even take the time to make sure their wording & spelling is correct?
I can understand errors when its a web site for an overseas company where English is not the primary language but are trying to offer English translation pages. Like a Japanese site offering English pages.
But, companies from countries where English is the primary language trying to market to English speaking persons ... in my book there is no excuse except possibly sloppiness which ultimately does not do the sale of their product or service any good.
As examples ... it is not "there products sell to well" ... it is "their products sell too well". It is not "he through the ball" ... it is "he threw the ball". Or typing "companies" instead of "company's" ... and vice versa.
I could care less about possible errors in forums like this ... it doesn't matter. Not even my own errors
What my pet peeve is about is .... company web sites where the first impression a potential customer has is gained from reading what is being offered and/or sold.
I do not think I am alone in feeling this way. When I see multiple spelling errors or the use of the wrong words or terminology ... I quickly move on to a competitors site because I have immediately gotten the impression the site is owned by someone who does not care ... so how could I trust anything they are trying to sell me.
JMHO
Peter
I REALLY wish companies would spend a wee bit more time making sure their sites ... especially business sites ... had all their words spelled properly on their pages ... and that they are actually using the proper words.
I am not an "English Major" ... in fact I did rather poorly in English in school ... but even on my personal websites I endeavour (endeavor for the Americans) to at least make sure I spell things right.
Nothing will make me move on to another site faster than ... going to a site selling something only to see a number of spelling errors or the wrong use of a word. In my mind, how can I trust the product or service they are marketing (how reliable can it be???) when they cannot even take the time to make sure their wording & spelling is correct?
I can understand errors when its a web site for an overseas company where English is not the primary language but are trying to offer English translation pages. Like a Japanese site offering English pages.
But, companies from countries where English is the primary language trying to market to English speaking persons ... in my book there is no excuse except possibly sloppiness which ultimately does not do the sale of their product or service any good.
As examples ... it is not "there products sell to well" ... it is "their products sell too well". It is not "he through the ball" ... it is "he threw the ball". Or typing "companies" instead of "company's" ... and vice versa.
I could care less about possible errors in forums like this ... it doesn't matter. Not even my own errors
What my pet peeve is about is .... company web sites where the first impression a potential customer has is gained from reading what is being offered and/or sold.
I do not think I am alone in feeling this way. When I see multiple spelling errors or the use of the wrong words or terminology ... I quickly move on to a competitors site because I have immediately gotten the impression the site is owned by someone who does not care ... so how could I trust anything they are trying to sell me.
JMHO
Peter