The History Of Article Summary Generators

Writing content for the web has become a writing style in its own right with short articles, bullet points and headings, brief paragraphs, and also a friendly "voice" - all while conveying useful information to the reader. While many articles destined for the net wind up as standalone pieces on landing pages, others are buried within a site and introduced on other pages which link to the complete article. During these moments, a short summary is used to introduce the article and entice the reader to "read more."

Summaries are usually used when an article is shared by others, such as when bloggers link to articles found on other blogs. Likewise, determined by the way you have your Website setup, you may also make use of a summary in the page's meta description field. When the article appears in a search engine's results page, the summary will appear in the description area, enticing searchers to click the link.

Summaries on the web are also called "abstracts," "excerpts," "teaser copy," as well as similar terms. In spite of the term used, summaries must prepare the reader for what is to come and whet the reader's appetite for More Material.

Web summaries, by design, are short and also to the point. While different Websites may have individual requirements, two or three sentences should be sufficient. The idea is to introduce the article and generate interest, not detail everything that the article covers.

As tempting as it may be to write "This article will be close to..." or "This Site is approximately...," doing so is boring to the reader. In the event the reader is bored reading the summary, it's doubtful that he will click the "read more" link. You might also be tempted to copy and paste the first paragraph into the summary field. This too will bore you reader. While your first paragraph might be interesting, relevant, and fresh, by the time your reader gets to your article, it will be old, redundant, and boring because he just finished reading the exact same text before clicking the "read more" link.

An even better approach is to write a totally original summary for your article or blog post. You just wrote a whole article, so developing a few sentences describing it shouldn't be difficult. Attempt to mimic the tone of the article in order that the voice of the summary matches the voice of the article. For example, if your article is humorous and light, so if your summary. Having said that, if your article discusses a serious topic, you'd want the summary to possess a more serious tone.

In addition to writing a summary that introduces the article, consider writing a summary with Twitter in mind. Twitter's limit of 140 characters must be kept in mind while you write the summary and also the length of the article's link. If you employ a URL shortener such as Bitly which uses 20 characters, the longest your Twitter summary may be is 120 characters.

Writing compelling summaries for your Web content is a crucial skill that will lead to improved page views. Do not just copy and paste, write fresh, original content and make a superb first impression.