[Editors] website on the web site

[Kathryn Rotondo]

 From the technical side... the W3C (standards organization for the WWW), 
uses both "website" and "web site" on their various pages.  A quick Google 
search of http://www.w3.org/ reveals only that "web site" is far more 
popular, returning 9,000 pages (versus 800 for "website").

Kathryn

At 04:02 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, James Wolken wrote:
>Gayle,
>
>I'm a devotee of the Chicago Manual of Style for a myriad of reasons, not 
>the least of which is that they simply are the best.  Technically, Web is 
>the shortened version of World Wide Web Consortium, and hence is a proper 
>noun of a product name.  The way Coke is short for Coca-Cola.  The CMS and 
>I would opine that Web site should be two words & capitalized.  If only 
>because you can have a Web site, a Web editor, a Web mess, etc.
>
>Common currency has already given coin to website as one word, but 'tis 
>technically a slang usage, and best saved for informal writing. Unless one 
>is a hip-hop artist who employs creative spelling to make a (valid) 
>socio-economic point, one should stick to the basic rules.  There once was 
>a day when the Web couldn't appear without the words "New Economy" next to 
>it; alas, that idea has faded, and so too the notion that the Web suddenly 
>makes of grammar a whole new ballgame...er, ball game.
>
>For a fascinating discussion of "Web site" and other "online" words, view 
>the CMS question & answer page 
>at:  http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/cmosfaq.html
>
>Best,
>Jim Wolken
>
>At 02:24 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, Gayle Sherman wrote:
>>Greetings, editors,
>>I have a question about "web site":  it has been typed as two words in 
>>the NYTImes, WSJ, etc., but I see on today's MIT home page, in the News 
>>section, that one word does it all.  Is this just MIT being trendy?  I'm 
>>wondering if the pub I'm working on should include website or web site 
>>information, and appreciate your insights.  Thanks.
>>         -Gayle
>>
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