Do you proofread your writing before publishing it? Do you proof it after publishing it, too? Maybe you should. If you don’t check your posts after they’re published, they might end up looking like something from Yahoo! Style:
Check and double check
July 7, 2016 — LauraHere’s a simple lesson for all bloggers, courtesy of Yahoo! News: It’s not enough to proofread your posts before publishing them. You should check them after they’re published, too. It’s a lesson the folks at Yahoo! are still learning, as evidenced by this headline:
and this one:
No one noticed?
June 28, 2016 — LauraCan you believe that no one at Yahoo! Finance noticed that there’s a little problem with a photo?
Can you believe it? Yeah, I can.
Do you check your text after it’s published?
August 8, 2014 — LauraAre you a blogger? If so, do you check what you’ve written after it’s been posted? You should because you don’t want to commit the same mistakes that the people at Yahoo! News did:
If they’d looked at this after it was published, they might have noticed the different spellings of the same word and the HTML code for an apostrophe. Oops.
It had me in stiches
February 27, 2014 — LauraTypos! They’re so funny, especially when they appear in headlines and captions. Heck, anyone can make a typo in the middle of a sentence (even mee!). But it takes the special talent of Yahoo! Shine writers to publish them in really big and red letters.
Like this one — it had me in stitches:
This one had me longing to hear a kid-friendy song, because all the kid-friendly ones are just too juvenile for kids:
This one had me questioning my own spelling abilities, because I really thought Eden’s last name was Grinshpan:
I don’t know what happened here, but it appears that HTML isn’t allowed in the big, red headline, and that no one bothered to check it after it was published:
How many times?
July 22, 2013 — LauraHow many times can one writer tap out Comic-Con without its hyphen? Every time!
Each time the writer for Yahoo! News‘ “The Sideshow” goes for Comic-Con, he omits the hyphen:
Sometimes he tries to insert a line break with the HTML tag <br>, but it’s not working:
Again:
and agaom”
Another attempt to insert a line break, compounding the error of the missing hyphen:
The last one!
But that’s not the only mistake he’s made. In fact, it’s rather minor compared to his assertion that Mr. DeLeeuw is crammed into what must be the only two-bedroom hotel in the world:
And let’s not forget about homophonic errors:
Do you proofread what you wrote?
June 12, 2013 — Laura
Yeah, I’m gonna read that
December 6, 2011 — LauraWoo-hoo! I can hardly wait to read the full article after reading this recap on Yahoo! Shine:
Who doesn’t love a little HTML to entice you into reading more?
A lesson in proofreading
July 12, 2011 — LauraIt’s not enough to proofread a blog post before you publish it. You have to proofread read it afterward, too.
This lesson is brought to you by Yahoo! Movies, a site not known for the ability of its proofreaders. Or even the existence of proofreaders.
How not to create a link
April 26, 2011 — LauraIllustrating how not to create a link, the Yahoo! News blog “The Lookout” gives you the HTML behind the magic of a link:
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