As Web 2.0 fanatics, we’re always searching for our next online time waster, and Wordle might be one of the best.
You cut and paste text into the box, and it generates a “word cloud” based on word usage (often-used words are shown bigger).
This next is the Wordle of my most-read post — my Value-Added Copywriter Manifesto:
It’s fun and it’s addictive, and damnit, I’m going to use it to promote myself to my clients. I don’t know how (well, I’ve got a few ideas), but I will.
Keep Wordle-ing writing, Tom Chandler.
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God, I love this! Can’t have too many time-wasters. Way better than Twitter :)
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Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 8:12 am ¶What Roberta said. I’ve thought of doing something similar on the walls in our house — just a sentence or two from my favourite books. But this is so much better!
Here’s Chapter One of the Great Gatsby — if I had time, I’d tweak it a bit, but here are the unedited results:
http://wordle.net/gallery/Great_Gatsby_-_Chapter_One
(Might be especially attractive if your name happens to be Tom…)
~Graham
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Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 10:48 am ¶Imagine sending a client a big, glossy, pdf file of the Web site you just wrote for them (perhaps you’d pump up the company name just a bit).
Winner.
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Posted 18 Jun 2008 at 1:00 pm ¶wow amazing awesome out of this word made for me love hate peace pimp rocker skater is a lock heartbroken shame whatever dont care make it run it loose it sikee tough evil nice kool how when where are you great bad tool fool pool eyes nose lips see monday tuesday wednesday thursday friday saturday sunday
hi goodbye
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 at 7:35 am ¶I’m not at all sure if this is some brilliant attempt at spam or simply Online Freeform Blog Comment Poetry, but I’m leaving it, damnit.
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Posted 14 Jul 2008 at 8:25 am ¶I think the idea of a keyword cloud went to his head? The area he is targeting is unclear though.
Word clouds are great because the most popular things will standout more and so you and your visitors will know what is the best content. This allows you to prune out the unpopular words and replace them with new words (you can experiment).
The cloud also tells your visitors/clients exactly what you do and what your about.
It would make a great graphic for advertising material.
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Posted 22 Jan 2009 at 12:28 am ¶I guess Wordle is wordclouds gone Hollywood, but I do think they make a great graphic.
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