What do people think of writing websites that have spelling mistakes?

I suppose it can only be bad for business if people are careful enough to notice. I have posted one from a site whose name cannot be mentioned here (but it is evident in the image where it comes from).

this time it is attached...

Seriously-you have nothing better to do than point-out an obvious typo?

Just one of many ways to spot a research paper service scam.

to writers beware... one item would be a typo
there were three instance that hit me while I was actually going to place an order.

first one was Downloable
second one was on the next page of the order process where they promise communcation with my "riter"
third one was where they wrote transferible which I think is pretty terrable (sic).

WB, you have shown yourself to be a coherent writer and your posts are mostly pretty cogent so you will have to credit that it reflects poorly on a company that advertises writing and proofreading services when its own copy is of rather poor quality. Anyone else?

point out is a separable phrasal verb. as such, it does not require a hyphen.

LMAO! Do you know what's really sad? You scour every one of most posts in search of errors, but you never find any. Is that the best you've got, little man?


You're absolutely correct. However, if you were to compare those minor errors-that were probably committed by the company's programmer-to the overall content of hundreds of thousands of words throughout the rest of the site, you would realize that your assumption is invalid in this particular instance.

UPDATE: I can confirm, after testing the order form page myself, that it is a brand new system that was not active when I last saw the page a few days ago. Plus, the errors are already gone.

no, I don't... and yes, I did.

Rusty, you're pathetic. Stop following me around like a homeless puppy.

no one is following you around, egomaniac.

re: writing websites that have spelling mistakes--

sure, it's bad for business. it scares literate customers away, and gives prospective writers pause. but how many customers in this industry are literate? and how many writers care about anything but getting paid? (don't answer, WB-- I'm talking about writers who are actually working in the industry, not lapsed, lazy would-be moralists who used to, maybe).

I work for a couple of sites that have horrible grammar/punctuation/spelling on their sites, and they all seem to be doing OK. in some cases, I think it's that the owners are morons. you don't have to be smart to own a small business-- "I'm a small business owner," in all too many cases, translates into, "I'm dumb as a rock, and unemployable." their giddy pride in having a cash stack makes them think that they should write their own webcopy.

In other cases, I believe that the site's programmers are outsourced from wherev, and don't have authentic native US/UK/OZ English as their top priority. but in any case, I wouldn't go so far as to claim poor website writing as some sort of scam warning-sign-- unless you're paranoid, xenophobic, and/or defending your own interests by attacking others'.

Actually I just looked at essaywritingservices.org and they have grammar issues left and right... I suppose I should have viewed that as a sign before asking. >.>

Thanks for your invaluable advice.

Thanks for posting useless one-line responses in multiple threads just to keep feeling relevant.

Typos are absolutely bad for business, and this is especially so for businesses selling writing services. It looks unprofessional. It is a sign of sloppiness at best and poor language comprehension at worse.

Indeed.... That was fun.

Those who order papers, sometimes are even less literate than website administrators. Like me. lol

I think it is relatively easy to distinguish between poor written language skills and plain sloppiness. However, both would put me off a business. I can be very slack when it comes to proof-reading, but if I am trying to sell myself I would make the effort. It really does not take that much effort to have two or three pairs of eyes comb through a website! You don't need to be a good writer to spot bad writing, but perhaps ESL folks are easy victims here.

But some people who are like me lol. Like to expect an exceptionally high quality writing from these companies, who apparently have- "One of the best writers in the world"... Now if you are illiterate, then it is understandable that you will order an esl paper. But if you are like me with an aim of getting 99.95% (and yes you can get that) expect a higher quality when we tick the 'High expectations' box in the order form...

I apologize and take back what rustyironchains said about web copy not mattering, with the caveat that bad web copy is also found (though not as prevalently) among native US/UK/Canadian/etc. sites.

This characterisation PERFECTLY describes one grumpy nuisance here.

Antarch has its panties in a bunch because I exposed its ESL inadequacies.

Its best to go for something you have faith in... You will recognize a scam whenever you see one.

Everyone here has seen you.

You will know you doing great when you encounter stiff competition. I have over 100 clients, but i guess your company has only 20 or less. I was never taught how to scam people, but how to make legal money. Unlike you, we are here to offer our quality services to needy students. You got to pull up your *** dude.

I believe that people are annoyed with you here because you are spamming a site not intended for commercial use, not because they view you as any sort of legitimate competition. The place to offer your horrible services is EssayChat... you might want to try not lying about your location there, as you may get a few sympathy clients from whatever place you're pretending is the USA.

Never use 'We, people'. Just say "I........" Who is we??? your company? your students?

He didn't. Apparently, you are as almost as incompetent of a reader as a writer.

By "people," I believe that he is referencing me and the other members who are thinking exactly what we are both typing.

Writing with some spelling mistake is not a good impression related to your company, so it's better to look for better option.

What about grammar, Vernon?

If a website already has a few grammatical errors and spelling mistakes, that doesn't bode well for the quality of the work that will be coming out of their company. Any writing websites that accepts copy-editing without double checking it using their own copy editor or their best English writer on staff is almost certainly run by scammers from India, Pakistan, Ukraine, and the Philippines, to name but a few scamming countries with academic writing companies. Only the worst kind of ESL writers and company owners would not see any of the spelling and grammar errors on the websites.

These mistakes would immediately be obvious to native speakers and ESL writers of an almost native speaker English ranking. In my opinion, the website is the first thing that the writer will read and consider when thinking of hiring services. Therefore, it has to be flawless in terms of grammar. Students should not hire any writer from such services. The owners of the website are guilty of not only promoting a scam, but also doing it in a very sloppy manner. Their website should be shut down if only because it is guilty of butchering the English language.

Really? Duh. No wonder this industry suffers from a bad rep -- and the reputable providers just cringe when this **** happens.

The errors in a company website blurb all stems from the desire of the company to get around Google's block on academic writing sites. They use wrong spelling and imperfect grammar intentionally to help increase the possibility of their company being searched. It is something that they use as a business tool. It is also an action that students seem to overlook, not notice, or simply not care about. As an academic writing company owner, I would find it highly insulting to allow my people to post poorly worded or misspelled text on any of my landing pages. The mistakes are a reflection of the work that my company delivers. So I would not allow such errors to stay for long (if it even makes it to the live site). I do not like seeing such errors on my page and I hate seeing other writing websites with spelling mistakes as well. It shows a lack of image consideration on the part of those sites owners.

I can't say that a single error on a legitimate company's website should be a major red flag; after all, writers and copywriters are human and prone to err on occasion. It might be kind to email their support services and let them know so it can be corrected. I know if it were me, I'd appreciate someone being polite and letting me know I made a mistake. Now, if they're going to be all snarky and berate me for being human, I'd rather they keep their opinions quiet. ;)

If you see a site with several errors, that is an issue, and I'd be leery of them. The companies I know are careful to proof their web copy, as am I.

It doesn't hurt to be cautious nonetheless.
I do feel as though it's necessarily an indicator that the output of the site itself would be terrible. Rather, I would say that it can be an indicator of perhaps mismanagement in the site's ownership.

A lot of customers don't even notice all of the obvious mistakes in web copy that professional writers notice, including (especially) the typical signs of ESL writing, which tend to be somewhat subtle, although quite consistent and reliable as indicators go. I'd disagree that the bad web copy isn't also an indication that you'll probably receive equally-bad writing (or much worse), because essay companies tend to use their best writers to write their web copy, as I've done for at least one essay company for which I used to write.

If a company has spelling errors on its website then it means just one thing. The student should not hire anybody from that company. If the company owners are so careless that they would approve the copy with those errors existing or, if they insisted on those "forced" errors, the company is just after the money it can fleece from the student. The company writers should not be expected to produce quality papers because, if the content of the website will be the basis of their writers skills, then good writing skills do not exist among their writing staff. This question is really silly in my opinion. If there are spelling mistakes on the site and you still hire a writer from that company, then you will get what you paid for.