Why Text Remains King of the Web

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Why Text Remains King of the Web (flag)

www.micropersuasion.com — So what does this mean? Well, if you're creating video you better pay attention to the text you put around it. Without text, you're dead. You won't be found. Further, if you want to influence you must have a command of the English language and know how to write for the web in sound bites. More ...

vote down Scobleizer found this 1/13/2009

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Text Remains the King of the Web
Technology - Channel Feed — ... read at most 28% of the words during an average site visit and 20% is more likely Three letters: SEO - For all that Google Universal Search has done to elevate video, search results are still largely made up of text and everyone wants better SEO The workplace - It’s much easier for cube-based workers to read text on the screen and get away with it vs. watching long videos. Watching videos (even work related vids) screams "slacker" Read the rest of the story here. Text is king and it receives a lot of inbound links, just like what I did here. ...