Why we can, and should, preserve content on the Internet An ocean is never the same body of water because it’s always moving changing, evaporating and being replenished by new rainwater and runoff. Likewise, Internet content is an ocean of information that with content that is evaporating almost as quickly as new content flows into [...]

When developing content, all design elements must be considered: editorial, interactive, visual and accessible. This chart graphically illustrates and elaborates on each of four elements:

With apologies to Jakob Nielsen’s Top Ten, here are the Top 10 Mistakes in Web Design, from someone who has worked as a Web Manager and Web Strategist for many years: 1. The Web Strategy doesn’t follow the Business Strategy. Whether you’re designing for a Fortune 1000 corporation, a SOHO business, a government agency or [...]

 A Manifesto of Contentology, vs 1.1         What does “Contentology” mean? In this Manifesto, Contentology is a coined word that, in its strictest etymology, could mean “the science of content” or “the study of content”. The word “Contentology” is supposed to make people stop and think for a moment, and if it sounds absurd, [...]

Gerry McGovern has spoken, written and consulted extensively on Web content management issues since 1994. He has written three highly respected books, including Content Critical and The Web Content Style Guide, and is currently working on a fourth. You’ve said that Web designers should think of the Web as a publication and think of themselves [...]

Ann, can you tell us briefly about your professional background, and what led you to co-writing Managing Enterprise Content: A Unified Content Strategy? I have been developing unified content strategies for about 15 years and working with content management systems for about the same period of time. The unified content strategy came about as I [...]