[Editors] website on the web site

[Scott Campbell]

OK, one more opinion.  To hell with all the rules: which one's easier to read?

I vote for website.

At 04:40 PM 9/22/2003 -0400, Kathryn Rotondo wrote:
> 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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