Comments on: Web Apps Offer Easy Site Spell Checking

By: Allan Kirsch

Allan Kirsch — Tue, 19 May 2009 22:40:19 +0000

See allankirsch.tech.officelive.com for details on how to spell check large websites and more.

By: Kevin Garber

Kevin Garber — Thu, 01 May 2008 00:35:50 +0000

Hi Katherine

I too hate that spelling has become so sloppy.

However there are several reasons that despite all good intentions websites may have typos.

These include:

1) Some ecommerce sites pull content from supplier databases that may not be spell checked correctly.

2) Many blogs etc have contributors that may not spell check correctly.

3) Many large sites have many contributors that may not be as stringent as they should be running checks.

4) Some people (designers, editors etc) tweak sites directly and think the tweaks are fine but introduce errors.

We are currently collecting stats on typos on leading organisations’ websites – most have some. I certainly don’t think it is due to lack of effort on their behalf.

Kevin Garber – spellr.us

By: Vaibhav

Vaibhav — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 22:08:01 +0000

Steps I take: 1. Use LiveWriter and make sure spell check is enabled (or use Word 2007). 2. If posting using the write post page on my blogging software, look out for the red squigglies that Firefox puts in (for instance it put in one under squigglies). 3. Sometimes, just read the post once more before posting. Small tip when posting from Word 2007 Small tip when posting from LiveWriter

By: Katherine Coombs

Katherine Coombs — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:45:26 +0000

I typically write “from the hip”, which means that I may have shocking typos and grammatical errors on my blog. That said, that would be the result of haste, not ignorance! Am actually a little disappointed (in falling education standards) that we need to have spell-checkers trawling websites; why not just learn how to spell?? Or use the spellchecker in WordPress/Live Writer/other to check before posting?