When Blogging, many people often proof-read there posts so that the spelling has no errors and it makes the blog appear to have good, quality content. Many big-time bloggers stress the importance of spelling correctly when creating posts for your readers, Problogger for instance.But I will counteract with this one question: Does Spelling Really Matter?
Although it does show that you care about what your readers read off of your blog, this exercise will show you that in the large scheme of english.. It does not.
fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too
Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe can.
i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno’t mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!
Yes that was from a chain letter but still proves my point. 
So what do you think? Does spelling mistakes really destroy what your trying to convey to your audience?
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Not sure if it is a good thing or not.
I can actually read that thing, so that puts me in the top 55.
Now is that good or bad? Beats me all to heck LOL
Thats what it was designed for..
Does Spelling in posts really make a difference? You decide!
Maybe I’m just an english geek, but if a blog has too many spelling and/or grammatical errors, I won’t come back. It frustrates me when people can’t (or WON’T) grasp the basics of the laguage they are writing in, and it tells me that they don’t care enough about what they are writing, nor do they respect their readers enough to proofread and write well.
That said, I’m not such a hardass about it that I won’t cut some slack to non-native writers, etc. Additionally, sometimes the ideas are more important than the “correct-ness” of the post. But this applies only inasmuch as the post is readable in the first place.
If I have to struggle to read it – I won’t.
Namaste,
A. Caleb
http://www.environmentastic.com
Well said. I understand where you are coming from.
I am a poor speller. If it were not for spell check I would be doomed. Our langauge is always changing. In the 1800′s it was considered acceptable to spell the same word many ways. The purpose of langauge is to communicate not to give us something to study. However if you want your blog to look professional you have to at least run a spell check.
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