Typos on Your Website - Would You Want Someone To Tell You?

Absolutely I'd want to know. We look at our own sites so much, it's easy to miss things.

yes, yes, and yes - even if its an ignorant comment i want to know everything and every opinion...we are webmasters and owners are supposed to know whats right so 3rd party opinions can be taken with a grain of salt without hurting our feelings.

BUT, if someone has a bad experience or there are a TREND of complaints, then yes its very likely something needs to be fixed. Yes, of course.

Oh I would definitely want to know, and wouldn't be offended in the slightest. How many times do we see sales pages, etc. that have typos, terrible grammar, etc.? All that does is sacrifice the integrity of the product, so yeah, I'd definitely want someone to alert me if they saw something.

Damn right I would like to know. Even though I have a spelling check in my FF browser, I make mistakes all the time and nothing is worse than when you are trying to sell something or educate someone and your text isn't flawless.

So yes, I would like to know!

Yes, I would definitely want to know. Especially if there's a broken link!

But I've had the same experience as you and realize not everyone does. Maybe it depends on whether it's a site that's just been thrown up to make some quick sales and they know the shelf life isn't very long? I don't know. :confused:

Peggy

I really appreciate when people tell me about typos/errors they find and thank them profusely. I even welcome them to go proofread my whole site for me. (lol - kidding)

I try to do the same when I see tupos on other sites. Mostly I get ignored, but the rare person will say thanks. I think some people take it as an insult? Go figure.

:rolleyes:

I sometimes tell people, always if it is somebody that I know. Forget about that guy that told you to piss off. Karma can be a bitch. He'll get his!

I appreciate it.

I once drew someone's attention to a typo (not quite as questionable/entertaining as "pubic" for "public" but it was one that we'd all want to avoid) and got a pretty cold reply saying they'd split-tested it and decided to go with the typo version as it converted better. Which was obviously complete cr@p, but there you are ...

Personally I would appreciate it but there are people who obviously wouldn't. After so many hours spent "building" your site it may be irritating to see that you have such mistakes and perhaps that explains the reaction you described.

Yes that would be great.

But how many of those who see him also report? You need a Report function, then you have a chance that somebody can report the typo.

I'd definitely want to know. I once sent a message to a site owner about a typo, and got a similar "brush off" statement!

Sure, I'd like to know...but if it is intentionally bringing me traffic and I have no intention of changing it, I still wouldn't be rude to you for pointing in out.

I think it's pretty cool when people do it. More and more I notice typos and really don't have the time to report them all. I've done it a few times though. I'm more likely to report a broken link or other technical problem first.

I've seen Warriors base most of their freelance copywriting marketing efforts on cruising the Web, finding poorly presented offers and then contacting the owner of the site to call attention to the problems, and of course, the solution. If done properly that is a great way to get business.

EDIT: Some spelling mistakes are placed on sites delibertly. These are commonly misspelled keywords that help to drive a bit of extra traffic to the site. So, when someone says to butt out, that could be their reason. Still, rudeness sucks. So it goes...

I just say thanks and file it away under 'Work on later if I ever have the time'.

People like that are just trying to be helpful, so why get mad at 'em? Just thank 'em and move on.