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Spelling Mistakes 'cost millions' in Lost Online Sales

willpower

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Your going to loose sales if you can't spell. Bad grammer, two.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-14130854


Charles Duncombe says an analysis of website figures shows a single spelling mistake can cut online sales in half.

Sales figures suggest misspellings put off consumers who could have concerns about a website's credibility, he says.

The concerns were echoed by the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), whose head of education and skills warned that too many employers were having to invest in remedial literacy lessons for their staff.
 

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Doesn't have to be industries. A single misspell of "Dunhall" lighter would cost individual seller on ebay some money as well.
 

Jr Mouse

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Woow. I wold nevar hav thught that speling mistaks culd bee that beg off a deel.
 

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