Can I use British UK Spelling in my hubs as it was the spelling I grew up with?
i use british spellings too. No problem so far
Thanks for letting me know peachpurple. Interesting user name!
You can do, certainly, but you might find you don't get much traffic (or not as much as you could get if you used US spellings).
Thanks for your responses calculus-geometry and blessedp, I use the UK spelling format in my hubs but wanted to to get clarity on whether it can be used or not. It's difficult to change one's spelling especially as I still use it for emails and any kind of correspondence and writing.
Very often, the automated spell checker in the text capsules tells me a word is incorrect - so I simply right click on it, and add it to the dictionary.
A few of my hubs have words that are not commonly found in the English language; botanical names, recipe titles, etc. Once I "add them to the dictionary", the red underlining doesn't show up when I use that word again.
You probably already know that, but someone else might not, so I thought I would mention it.
Thanks for your input Shades-of-truth but wouldn't this only apply to the American Spelling format?
DaveOnline, I would imagine it applies to any language's format. Quite a few words that I use have foreign origins, and as long as I right-click on the word that shows up as being incorrect - select "Add to Dictionary", and save the capsule, it works.
by travelschooling 11 years ago
Hello! I was wondering, do the search engines automatically pick up UK and English spellings as being the same word? If not,, which is best to use for best traffic results, does more of the world use US or English? I'm guessing US.Thanks!
by And Drewson 13 years ago
I've seen both spellings, but which is correct, accoustic or acoustic?
by Jeremy Gill 6 years ago
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by Duane Hennessy 5 years ago
Writing from Australia we use some different words to England and the US we also have a mixture of spellings from both countries.A classic example, in relation to an article I'm currently writing, is the word for sneakers.In England they use the word trainers, in the US they use sneakers and in...
by Dave McClure 16 years ago
Greetings All -Does anyone know if UK spellings in hub titles, labels, etc are recognised by search engines? E.g. I was going to add a label 'watercolour' to a hub then decided most folk would expect to see it without the 'u'. Do the search engines use both dictionaries and/or do 'fuzzy search'?
by Baileybear 13 years ago
I've finally hooked up to Google Analytics. Most of my traffic is from the US via Google. Does that mean I should use US spelling to attract more traffic? Or stick to UK spelling (as we use in New Zealand & Australia). Or does it not really matter?
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